Praying for globalization at Reagan commemoration."As members of Congress and the Reagan family gathered in the Capitol Rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. around the flag-draped casket of Ronald Reagan, House chaplain Father Daniel P. Coughlin began the three-day official commemorative services for the 40th U.S. president," began a June 10 account by the Catholic News Service. "Millions of people across the country watched the early evening ceremony on television," continued the CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). report. That means millions of Americans--and others around the world--heard Father Coughlin, a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc , offer an odd invocation invocation,n a prayer requesting and inviting the presence of God. . "Inspired by President Reagan," prayed Father Coughlin, "empower all of us, Lord, to play our part in crumbling the walls of separation and in opening the gates to a globalized world." |
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