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APPOINTED Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan, 59, was tapped by Pope Benedict XVI to be the 10th Archbishop of New York City. Known as a genial but steadfast defender of church orthodoxy, Dolan will assume the post, perhaps the most prestigious in American Catholicism, on April...
...also brought an increased focus on fundamentalist beliefs and hostility toward other religions back to the Catholic Church. His desire to reunite the modern Roman Catholic Church with several more conservative factions, such as the Society of St. Pius X, of which Williamson is a member, along with his steadfast condemnation of birth control and homosexuality, reveals a troubling pattern of conservatism during his reign. While the reunification of the Catholic Church is a commendable goal, Pope Benedict XVI must be more prudent in his actions in the future. He needs to show good faith toward the global community...
...served as the assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration during 1994 and 1995, has been a steadfast supporter of the “key alliance” between the U.S. and Japan, according to Kennedy School professor of international finance Jeffrey A. Frankel...
...each side seeks to spin the war as advancing their overall vision, Israel has yet to articulate a clear, workable exit plan that will achieve the war's objectives without reoccupying Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas can stack civilian bodies like cordwood for the cameras and proclaim the virtues of its "steadfast resistance," but it has offered the Palestinians no explanation of how this fight will advance their national goals. To many a foreign journalist, then, this war conjures an image with which Joe the Plumber will be familiar: the proverbial pig whose nature can't be disguised by any amount...
...Coleman supporters remain steadfast that their candidate should contest the results. As they and Coleman argue, it's the legitimacy of the election that matters, not how fast it's completed. Further, two major metropolitan newspapers, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the former of which endorsed Coleman, editorialized Tuesday that an election contest by Coleman is necessary because the Minnesota State Canvassing Board doesn't have the authority of review...