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Family life
By Evelyn Zappia
If you crossed Mother Teresa with Jesse Ventum, what would y ou j ?et? "If Mother Teresa had a kid with Jesse Ventura," actor Robin Williams once quipped to a reporter, "you'd get Mike." The Academy Award winner was referring to Michael Pritchard, a well-known performer and family life speaker who will be the master of ceremonies for the archdiocesan Catholic Family Life 2000 Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral March 31April 2. Why Jesse Ventura, the former pro-wrestler elected governor of Minnesota? Pritchard is 6-ft. 6-in., weighs 300 pounds, more or less, and he shows up in the oddest places, like Candlestick Park as master of ceremonies for an audience of 80,000 when Pope John Paul II visited San Francisco in 1987. You might also find him addressing gang members in a tough, inner-city neighborhood. Why Mother Teresa? His compassion for underdogs and at-risk kids is impressive. PRITCHARD, page 3
Pope John Paul II, seated left, joins Orthodox representatives at the foothill of Mount Sinai in Egypt Feb. 28. The Pope, making his longawaited pilgrimage to the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments , called for a return to " universal moral law." Later this month the Pontiff will make another historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land. See "Israel seeks " on pages 18-19.
Israel contends with obj ections to papal visit JERUSALEM (CNS) — While Israeli authorities are preparing for Pope John Paul JJ's pilgrimage later this month, they have had to contend with opposition to the visit from various groups. In Jerusalem, members of the rightist group "Kach" issued pamphlets against the Pope 's visit, calling it "foreign work," and graffiti opposing the Pope 's visit was found Feb. 27 scrawled along walls of the Chief Rabbinate. Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Israel Meir Lau strongly condemned the attacks. ISRAEL CONTENDS, page 19