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...church doctrine, cannot be ordained. It did not help that she stood next to the priest during Mass, read the preface to the Eucharistic prayer and raised the chalice of wine at the end of the prayer--activities that are the purview of the ordained. For years the Vatican peppered the Bishop of Rochester with complaints about Corpus Christi and probably made its feelings clear during his official visit to Rome this year. The message: Such heresies must not be tolerated. "We in our diocese have a strong commitment to women's participation, but all recognize that...
Clark asked Ramerman to modulate her role during Mass, in part by desisting from "priestly gestures" and by removing her stole. She refused and was dismissed on Oct. 15. But she is unrepentant. Says she: "The Vatican holds women back when it sends the message that we're not good enough to approach the altar, not good enough to read the Gospel, not good enough to be a priest...
...then, on April 29, the spoiler: Raymond L. Flynn, the popular former mayor of Boston and ex-U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, announced that he would not challenge L. Scott Harshbarger '72 for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Instead, he said, he was joining the race for the Eighth...
Crow is the fearless, hard-boiled leader of a Vatican-sponsored vampire hunting team that patrols North America (there is another team stationed in Europe). The movie opens with Crow's crew standing outside an old, dilapidated mansion in New Mexico that Crow believes is infested with a vampire "nest." The team loads up, arming themselves with high-tech crossbows, metallic lances and machine guns. Crow, his face a weather-beaten mask of intensity, glares into the camera. The group's tag-along priest blesses them over the Holy Bible. The team then storms the mansion and the resulting melee...
Capuano said he is convinced that his frank style and local appeal overcame stronger name recognition--former Boston mayor and ambassador to the Vatican Raymond L. Flynn was a candidate--and deeper pockets in the party primary...