Catholic prelates are at odds over whether any politician who supports abortion rights should be allowed to receive Holy Communion.
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prelates, the past participle of preferred, which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.
Opening week for local beaches- Let the games begin, but be careful of wicked weather predictions being made to spoil the days.
It is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. This holiday is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly observed on May 30 from 1868 to 1970.
Happy 80 Birthday, Bob Dylan. Musical Girl from the North Country, based on his lyrics, is returning to Broadway on Oct. 13.
He is also known as Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham בתאי זיסל בן אברהם his Hebrew name, Elston Gunnn, Blind Boy Grunt, Bob Landy, Robert Milkwood Thomas, Tedham Porterhouse, Lucky Wilbury, Boo Wilbury, Jack Frost, Sergei Petrov, Zimmy.
On this day 110 years ago, New Yorkers got their first peek at the New York Public Library @nypl and their twin lion guards.
When EC Potter was given the commission to sculpt two flanking animals for the New York Public Library’s main branch at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in 1910, he found himself fielding several suggestions. Former President and avid hunter Theodore Roosevelt declared he’d like to see bison. This was not easy.
As masks are finally coming off it now means that we’ll begin to see many people will finally be smiling ear to ear once again.
As a former VOA Division Chief, I am proud to introduce those of you who may not know him to Maestro Willis Clark Conover, Jr.
He was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and television.
Todsy is his anniversary. May 17 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Willis Conover, the Voice of America broadcaster who helped popularize American jazz worldwide.
The #HFPA has finally announced their long-time-coming Reform Plans and scheduled Timeline. https://bit.ly/3vNTxLY
As a young man, I went to college, earned my advanced degree, first married and my two lovely daughters were born in Miami.
This coastal city was founded by a woman named Julia DeForest Tuttle a successful businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami." and is the only woman to be the founding mother a major American city.
Whenever semantics comes up, an initial response could be what do you mean by that, or are you trying to be mean? News or Views?
Ancient Greek: σημαντικός sēmantikós, significant is the study of meaning, reference, or truth. The term can be used to refer to philosophy, linguistics, and computer science.
Semantics can mean quite different things in different contexts; fields concerned with semantics are as diverse as psychology, law, lexicography, and logic. Pragmatics is an equally wide-ranging term, with applications in politics.
Prince’s life ended too short but his vision and music appears to live on for years to come. He died of an overdose an early age of 57.
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, dancer, actor, and director, who was widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.