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Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.
The Peruvian mystic St. Rose of Lima (Isabel Flores y Oliva, 1586-1617) was canonized in 1671 as the first saint of the New World and remains the object of widespread devotion today. In this engrossing new study, Frank Graziano uses the example of St. Rose to explore the meaning of female mysticism and the way in which saints are products of their cultures. Virginity, austerity, eucharistic devotion, incessant mortification, and mystical marriage to Christ characterized the devotional regimen that structured St. Rose's entire life. Many of her mystical practices echo the symptoms of such modern psychological disorders as masochism, depression, hysteria, and anorexia nervosa. Graziano offers ...
Considers nominations of Harold C. Jordahl, Jr. to be alternate Federal Co-chairman of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission and Brig. Gen. Willard Roper to be Member of the Mississippi River Commission.
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