Angel art to tour nationwide from Vatican collection
Vatican officials plan a millennium era angel exhibit tour with at least 126 pieces from the Vatican Museum and churches in Italy. J Edward Connelly Associates will organize the tour beginning January 1998 with stops in Los Angeles St Louis Pittsburgh Baltimore and New York. About 75 percent of artworks come from the Vatican Museum and the rest from Italian churches. News coverage notes Catholic teaching on angels and contrasts with New Age views.
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Students work and learn peace at St Francis Farm
A summer program at St Francis Farm in Orwell draws 150 to 200 students from Chicago New Jersey and Ohio to labor on local homes and share quiet reflections on nonviolence and service. Organizer Aly Wane-Damiba notes the weeklong residency costs 75 per student with lodging prayers begin at 7 a.m. and end at 8 p.m. Volunteers including Joan Donnelly and Rev. Ted Sizing run year round operations supported by donations and local food pantries.
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From Ashes of Hate to Rebuild the House of God
Rabbi A James Rudin urges unity after racist arson targets black churches recalling Psalm 74. He cites Jewish history of rebuilding synagogues and calls for collective action with NCC and Catholic bishops to support church rebuilding, urging donations to the NCC Burned Churches Fund.
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Priests Gorman and Cox mark 60 years of faith and friendship
The Rev George Gorman and Monsignor John Cox celebrate six decades since their vows in Providence. Born months apart to stonemason fathers, they studied at La Salle Academy and Providence College, trained at St Marys Seminary, and served together across Rhode Island. Their bond grew through shared vocations and longshore friendship.
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Vatican posts third straight operating profit in 1995
The Vatican reports a 1995 operating profit of 1.7 million from 49 offices including media and real estate, aided by papal recordings sales. Szoka cites gains in financial and real estate investments totaling over 55 million, with projected 1996 profit of 240 thousand.
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Wisconsin Amish win court on buggy safety symbol ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a state law requiring red and orange triangle safety signs on Amish buggies infringed religious freedom. Eight Clark County Amish men argued the symbol violated their beliefs and proposed red lanterns with white reflective tape instead, with experts noting white tape could be more effective.
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