Description: Author of book on the making of saints and nun from Youville Hospital give their views on sainthood and determining a miracle. Youville Hospital exterior.
Description: Boston College philosophy professor Mary Daly is denied promotion because of her controversial work in modern religious thought; she holds radical views about the Catholic Church.
Description: Editorial in The Pilot condemns gay rights bill because of threat of AIDS and biblical proscription of homosexuality. Uproar causes postponement of Senate debate.
Description: Overview of Pope John Paul II's second visit to North America. Footage of his visit in various settings -- addressing masses of people, giving communion, walking with President Reagan. Interviews with people on their reactions to the Pope's visit, and some where people pose hypothetical questions for Pope.
Description: Portraits of Cardinals: John Chenrus, Fenwick, Fitzpatrick, John Williams, William O'Connell, Richard Cushing, Humberto Medeiros. St. Vincent's Asylum Catholic orphanage interior and exterior.
Description: Reception at Park Plaza for Archbishop Bernard Law welcoming him to Boston. Interviews with William Bulger and Ray Flynn. Sen. Edward Kennedy and son Patrick meet Law. Law's view of abortion as sin: “This is not some weird Catholic notion out of the Middle Ages.”
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