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Citing a shortage of priests who can perform the rite, the nation s Roman Catholic bishops are sponsoring a conference on how to conduct exorcisms.The two-day training, starting Friday in Baltimore, is to outline the scriptural basis of evil, instruct clergy on evaluating whether a person is truly possessed, and review the prayers and rituals that comprise an exorcism. Among the speakers will be Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, and a priest-assistant to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Learning the liturgical rite is not difficult, DiNardo said in a phone interview. The problem is the discernment that the exorcist needs before he would ever attempt the rite. More than 50 bishops and
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At sunset tonight, anyone in Manhattan can flock to the major thoroughfares for the bi-annual sunset that aligns perfectly with the city grid. But Manhattan isn ;t the only city with a Stonehenge-day to illuminate concrete canyons of skyscrapers. Sunset at Stonehenge. Image credit: Charles Roffey charlesfred In the mists of history, Neil deGrasse Tyson identified Manhattanhenge, dates in late May and mid-July when the sunset aligns with the street grid. In his typical prose-filled fashion, he defines the event as: when the setting Sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid, creating a radiant glow of light across Manhattan brick and steel canyons, simultaneously illuminating both the north and south sides of every cross street of the borough grid. A rare and beautiful sight. These two days happen to correspond with Memorial Day
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