Jason Berry
By Jason Berry
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Culture Controversial Priests Tapped for Jerusalem Center
Pope John Paul II has awarded control of an important Catholic cultural center in Jerusalem to a controversial, right-wing priestly order whose founder has been accused of sexual abuse. The order, the Legionaries of Christ, received the administrative keys to the Jerusalem landmark, the Notre Dame Center, in a festive ceremony at the Vatican on…
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Culture Second-line Living
New Orleans serenaded L. J. Goldstein.The brass band funerals and street parades, called second lines, that wind through the town of Treme, outside the French Quarter, were far from his comfortable Manhattan, N.Y., upbringing, but close to his heart. “I used to dream of moving to New Orleans,” Goldstein said. “I was drawn to the…
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