Tuesday, July 2
Police say there were no major problems associated with the record 65,500 crowd that filled the stands and a large portion of the field to hear the Rev. Mr. Graham conduct one of his last career missions. They attribute the absence of alcohol as a big relief to the normal problems — such as road rage and fights — they face after sold-out football and baseball games. “There's a little traffic congestion, but all things considered, we're good,” Cincinnati police Sgt. David Johnston said.
At prayer every day, the white-robed monks of Keur Moussa, Senegal, lift their voices in centuries-old Gregorian chant, accompanied by the delicate strains of a traditional African harp.The music is soft and resonant, filling their small, whitewashed, Roman Catholic church with a sense of tranquility, and providing a sanctuary from the hustle of the streets.
The Benedictine monks make the harps, known as koras, out of elegantly carved hardwoods and giant calabashes covered in cow skins according to the ancient methods of the predominantly Muslim Mandingo people -- with a few innovations of their own.The unlikely convergence of cultures has yielded a new form of liturgical music that is spreading in monastic communities in Africa and France.
What's more, when a charge was raised in 1987,
...instead of taking legal action against the Rev. Edmund Borycz or warning the priest's superiors, an assistant prosecutor sealed the file. That prevented anyone from discovering the case until a recent review during which Duggan's staff waded through all of the old files involving priests.