Ancient forces shaped our lives.

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: May 19, 2000| Author: FARRELL, MICHAEL J. | Copyright information

Church and state became odd bedfellows and changed history, including the year 2000

We stand, to paraphrase Francis Thompson, amid the dust of the mounded years -- our history. Millions of years created mystery and myth, life oozing and then galloping, women and men eventually walking upright, fierce battles and lusty adventures, landmark leaps such as the wheel, the Bible and the Big Mac. The past goes on making us who we are.

The mound on which we stand this...

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