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… between the two.” He said he has “no doubt” that she’s a saint. “She represented the best of the Sermon on the Mount, and she died for it,” he said. “Such martyrs are saints.” * * * … considered the devotion “ridiculous,” and prohibited local nuns from making the pills. (They kept doing it anyway.) Da Cunha said he doubted the canonization would stir much controversy. For …

… now it comes to light, can you not see it?" Isaiah was trying to get the people who were being kept in that terrible captivity in Babylon -- they had been there for many years -- trying to get … sinners; he ate with the publicans, the prostitutes. They were the ones he seemed to love best of all. He was always reaching out in mercy. And so these Scribes and Pharisees wanted to …

… violence, drug addiction and drunk driving. That's why I'm here, to serve and stand as best I might with the poorest of our deranged nation. The disenfranchised and marginalized, … the rich genuflect before the powers of death and turn away from those in need. For 10 miles I kept my distance behind the swerving car. Now and then the car's tires skirted the edge of the …

… favorites, "Sophie Scholl." Sophie who? It's the name of a German film nominated last year for Best Foreign Picture, a film about one of the heroes, saints and martyrs of the last century, a … end was ... hopeless. I found this oddly consoling. He said the key was that ordinary people kept doing ordinary acts of nonviolent resistance every day even when there was absolutely no … Great breakthroughs of hope derived from this, he said. Change evolved because ordinary people kept at it. They refused to give up. They did what they could, no matter how small the act. …

… when he discovered, to his horror, in his own police file that the informants who kept tabs on his activity were fellow priests. Even Isakowicz-Zaleski, however, has said that … some were compromised and collaborated with the authorities, and most just did their best under difficult circumstances to deliver basic pastoral care. (2) Today’s revelations are … but they don’t state in detail what he or she is supposed to have said. Paetz may be the best example. Documents identify him as an “informational contact,” not an agent, during a period …

… Hwang said. Afterwards, Hwang said, the northern Catholics go home and practice the faith as best they can in private. They dare not engage in any public conversation about matters of faith … practice, however, for fear of harassment from security forces. While all religions are kept on a tight leash, restrictions sometimes fall on the Catholic Church in especially harsh …

… of us entered the Federal Building and made our request. We were promptly denied entrance, kept walking anyway, and got as far as the elevator before the police stopped us. They pulled the … and observing, hearing our litany. We read on and on and held our ground. Outside, scores kept vigil, the media hovered about, and frustrated politicians passed by. Finally, around 5 … culminating instance of dramatic, symbolic nonviolent action -- his clearest, most poignant, best-aimed gesture, a gesture aimed at the heart of Judean-Roman imperial power. It was the …

… This is perhaps especially so with Pope Benedict, who since his election in April 2005 has kept a generally low media profile. For those who don't hang on Vatican vicissitudes, this may … the controversy with Joachim of Fiore, which turned on eschatological questions. Ratzinger's best-developed theological work is his 1977 Eschatologie: Tod und ewiges Leben ("Eschatology: …

… to call for an end to the U.S. war on Iraq. We've marched during the past few years. And we've kept vigil, lobbied Congress and prayed for peace in a spirit of nonviolence, as have people all … conventional wisdom, nonviolence out-muscles violence. It takes the lead, harnesses the best in humanity, and puts violence to shame. Nonviolence sets the agenda, takes action, and …