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Neither did the multitude's rapturous response at the World Youth Day ceremonies fail to disguise the increasing divide between the substance of the church's teaching and the actual practice of many American Catholics...
...many Catholics, increasingly teetering on the brink of agnosticism, disillusionment and dissatisfaction, the pontiff's visit created the opportunity to examine received orthodoxy. For, in spite of a growing schism, the Catholic Church continues to appeal to American youth in unprecedented numbers...
...Foster had been afflicted by "a loss of perspective," according to the administration. His note contained caustic but unfounded allegations against the FBI, the Wall Street Journal and especially, the Washington press corps. Thus, the youth of America are supposed to be satisfied to let pass the fall of this successful but flawed individual. And the young are certainly not to dwell on the circumstances of this unusual event...
Speaking by phone from Toronto, Hugh Silk '91, who has helped Sword found a private youth service called Serve Canada, said Sword had resigned after a special meeting of the five staff members of the new service earlier this month...
...local rules are deficient. Under California law, for example, first offenders typically receive probation; second offenders often get as little as 16 months and serve just half of that. Other states are rarely more severe on the mostly young first- timers. "Recently they've been putting them in a youth house for a couple of days, then they're released pending trial," says Captain Richard Fanning, commander of the Newark, New Jersey, police department's special projects target team. "They seem to get a lot of bites out of the apple before they do one single minute of incarcerated time...