Word: rome
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...bishops point out that the Pope himself has assailed discrimination against women as part of his strong advocacy of social justice and human rights. However, in routine meetings with American bishops, held in Rome throughout this year, he has made clear his conservative stance on some of the most troublesome issues confronting the U.S. church: divorce, birth control, sexual mores, freedom to dissent from church teachings and, of course, women priests. In addition, the Pope is demanding that the U.S. church abide by a new code of canon law, 24 years in the formulating, which goes into effect next week...
Mansour's attitude is supported by the 2,000-member National Coalition of American Nuns, a radical group that is urging liberal nuns to consider severing their canonical ties with Rome. If some nuns do ignore the directives that are certain to follow the current scrutiny of religious orders, one Vatican official cautions that "there could be a real housecleaning." For many American nuns, however, this will not be an issue: the Chicago-based Institute on Religious Life, representing 25,000 traditionalist members of religious President Malone orders, has expressed "joy and gratitude" at the Pope's firm...
...fact is that Egypt is not Iran, the West is not Rome, Israel is not a crusader state, and KAL 007-despite the public fretting of Professor Stanley Hoffmann-was not Sarajevo. Nor was Saigon, as we once thought, Munich. The real "lesson" of Viet Nam is not, as we are so often told, that everything from Central America to the Middle East is Viet Nam (or some other convenient fiasco). It is that facile historical analogies can prove fatal...
THERE'S A LOT going on in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the Kirkland Drama Society's fall production. The musical-comedy set in ancient Rome seeks to pull together elaborate dance numbers, a host of subtle one-liners, and an absurdly contrived plot with many minor characters. But with excellent casting and the help of an enthusiastic crowd, the 20-person company stages a fun, well-paced production which captures the audience's sense of humor...
...world's foremost authorities on the culture of the Byzantine Empire, which lasted from the fall of Rome (476) to the fall of Constantinople in 1452. Sevcenko has spent most of his adult life conducting such types of scholarly detective work...