Like many abusers, Maciel was very charismatic and had many achievements.
Maciel targeted the wealthy, but he also used their money to also help the poor. One report about Maciel’s home town:
The Legion, according to religious observers, was founded with practically nothing in 1941, but flourished as Maciel courted the wealthy — a group that was [...]
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For several years my sources in biotechnology have told me that the fight over the use of stem cells obtained by killing human embryos was meaningless, that stem cells taken from the patient’s own body were far more promising. The National Post reports:
The ethical deate over embryonic stem cell use may soon be moot, thanks [...]
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The second reading at mass today included 1 Peter 2:18-21
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he may bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and preached to the sprits in prison who [...]
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