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Article: Progressive priest to offer prayer; Kerry campaign passes over Boston archbishop for invocation.(NATION)(2004 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2004
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Byline: Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BOSTON - Sen. John Kerry's campaign has asked a Paulist priest, and not the archbishop of Boston, to give an invocation later this week at the Democratic National Convention being hosted here.
The prayer is expected to be offered Thursday - the culmination of the convention - by the Rev. John B. Ardis, director of the Paulist Center, a progressive Catholic church and outreach center that focuses largely on social justice.
Mr. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, often attend the Paulist Center when they are in town, and Father Ardis has supported Mr. Kerry in the national debate ...