Not since Pope Paul's birth-control encyclical has a Vatican announcement caused more fuss. A new universal liturgical calendar issued by the Vatican last week dropped or downgraded more than 200 saintsamong them such popular figures as St. Christopher, St. Valentine, St. Nicholas, St. George and St. Patrick. Christopherthe giant of a man who, according to legend, earned his way to heaven by carrying the Child Jesus across a raging stream and thus became the patron saint of travelersmet a most ignominious fate. Though his image, emblazoned on medals, statuettes and key rings, has traveled literally billions of miles with Catholics, Protestants,...
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