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...global south Catholics at two-thirds and climbing (even as Latin American practitioners engage in near hand-to-hand combat with encroaching Pentecostal Protestantism), preventing deadly poverty is as much a matter of church survival as it is a spiritual commitment to the beatitude "Blessed are the poor in spirit." Moreover, unlike some of the late Pope's doctrinal stances (or his no-condoms position on aids prevention in some of the same locales), economic justice is win-win, a cause to which theological absolutists in Rome or Lagos and cafeteria Catholics in the moneyed West all feel some cultural...
...light of his passing. The theoretical contracts rather alarmingly into the real, conversations with the outside world truly do taper off, and the 115 men who now stand before one of the most important decisions they will ever make are reminded of precisely why they pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance in their task. --With reporting by Jordan Bonfante, Emma di Ravello and Jeff Israely/ Rome; Jeff Chu/ New York; and Marguerite Michaels/ Chicago...
Head for the highlands! For the seventh year running, the Spirit of Speyside festival is about to salute Scotland's best-known export - whisky. From April 28 to May 2, around the towns of Aberlour and Dufftown in the Grampian area of Scotland, you can try more than just a wee dram. The festival includes more than 150 events, including distillery tours, expert lectures, dinners, concerts and ceilidhs (rhymes with dailies) - traditional Scottish country-dancing parties. Out of the 90 or so Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic...
...great deal happens in the novel: a cerebral, surly young man awaiting induction into the Army loiters through his days and keeps a journal filled with gnomic entries: "We are all drawn toward the same craters of the spirit--to know what we are and what we are for, to know our purpose, to seek grace." There was an originality to this insight; it was possible to live a meaningful life on one's own terms, to secularize spirituality...
Described as an “omnivorous” worker, Korsmeyer was admired by many for his generous spirit and kindness...