Verbatim."There's so many emotions coming through--satisfaction, vindication VINDICATION, civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it. 1 Bell's Com. 281, 5th ed. See Revendication. , and a numbness." --David Rhomberg, a plaintiff in the record $100 million settlement between the Diocese of Orange and sex-abuse victims (The Tablet, Nov. 12. 2004) "Demands by the plaintiffs continue to be beyond the ability of the diocese to meet." --Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, announcing the diocese's bankruptcy (Catholic News Service, Dec. 7, 2004) "Why did you do this to us, God? What did we do to upset you?" --A woman in India's Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (tăm`əl nä`d  ), formerly Madras (mədrăs`, mədräs`), state (2001 provisional pop. state, lamenting the destruction caused by the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami (Reuters. Dec. 30, 2004) "What one's faith gives you is the capacity to respond to a disaster, not necessarily to explain it." --Professor Diana Eck of the Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's purpose is to train graduate students—either in the academic study of religion, or in the practice of a religious ministry. , commenting on religious responses to the tsunami (Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper , Dec. 31, 2004) "I think it's ironic that the Christians got violent with the Satanist." --Daniel Romano, a self-described Satanist who was attacked in Queens, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of by two teenagers (New York Times, Jan. 12, 2005) "God has plans for a future of peace for you, not of misfortune; God wants to give you a future and a hope." --Brother Roger of Taize, in his letter for 2005 (Zenit.org, Dec. 25, 2004) |
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