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The most solemn of the papal documents, the bull creates a prelate a cardinal (although the biglietto announces it).
Designed by Louis le Vau in 1668 to harmonize with the Louvre across the river, the Institut began as a school for the sons of provincial gentry, financed by a legacy of Cardinal Mazarin.
To wholly relate how that happens--the plot involves a missionary New Jersey cardinal (George Carlin), the devil, and two fallen, somewhat insane angels (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck)--would not only ruin the surprise, it would ruin this review, since there are nearly as many convolutions in the narrative as there are in Scripture.
Jaume I died after reigning in Aragón for six decades, but he made the cardinal error of dividing between his sons the lands he had fought for so long to unite.
More recently, at a White House prayer breakfast, Clinton said he wanted to foster a "spirit of reconciliation" and quoted the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to the effect that time is precious and should not be wasted on acrimony and division.