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DIED. SHUSAKU ENDO, 73; widely acclaimed Roman Catholic novelist and a popular Japanese writer in the West; of hepatitis complications; in Tokyo. Author of Deep River, Scandal and Silence, Endo focused on questions of faith and the clash of cultures...
...daughters, Tatiana and Rose, were flower girls and her son Jack, 3, was the ring bearer. "Why is Carolyn dressed like that?" Jack asked, creating a ripple of laughter. Anthony Radziwill, the son of Jackie's sister Lee, served as best man. The vows were the standard Roman Catholic liturgy. Kennedy and Bessette had received permission from a bishop to hold a Catholic ceremony in a Protestant church. The deacon was a Jesuit from the church in New York City where Jackie was baptized, confirmed and mourned. Caroline's husband Edwin Schlossberg, Bessette's sister Lisa and her husband, Senator...
...citizens of Constantinople had it easy when it came to foreign policy. Each day, many of them passed by a column near the Hagia Sophia on which rested an equestrian statue of Constantine, the first Roman emperor to reign in their city. The Emperor's arm extended east, complementing the famous inscription on the column: "From this direction will come the one who will undo...
...behind the gesture. How better to portray Clinton as an extremist than by reminding voters that he had defended a practice that big majorities find repugnant? What better gift to give Bob Dole, as he searches for the wedge issues that might give him traction with the conservative and Roman Catholic voters who should form the base of his support...
Religion has played a key role in the genocidal violence racking Burundi and its neighbor Rwanda. But while the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda has been shamed by incidents of priests and nuns leading massacres, the church in Burundi has spoken out against hatred, extremism and murder. For so doing, clerics have been threatened and killed in Burundi, where Christians, predominantly Catholics, form as much as 85% of the population--both Hutu and Tutsi. Ruhuna had received countless threats before, as have other prelates. Both Hutu and Tutsi blamed each other for the crime, and on Friday the military announced...