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As baseball fans religiously record statistics, Bowie Kent Kuhn (19262007) was, at 42, the youngest commissioner of baseball ever; the tallest, at six-foot-five; and the heaviest, at 250 pounds, though his height made him seem slim.
Visitors to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris will soon be able to ponder a commemorative marker carrying this inscription:
People are often surprised when the Catholic Church keeps at arm's length phenomena that appear to be supernatural whether it's weeping statues or apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
For millions of people Mother Teresa was a living saint and a cultural icon. For Saint Louis University's noted philosopher John Kavanaugh, S.J., she was a very real person who had a direct and dramatic effect on his life.
On September 11, hijackers didn't count on facing family man and daily Mass-goer Tom Burnett Jr.
Just two days after Barry Bonds sets a synthetic home run record in San Francisco, the Natural returns to St. Louis.
World Youth Day 2002 has already produced a new cadre of Catholic leaders.