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Article: A liberal Catholic White House? THE WEST WING.(Review) (television program reviews)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 22, 1999
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In person, I have seen Martin Sheen in action only once. But there was something presidential about his appearance -- though we've never heard a president say what he said.
He was the graduation speaker at Loyola University in New Orleans, an invitation he had accepted because his friend, Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan, was getting an honorary degree, and Sheen, who had played a role in the dramatization of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," would not miss a chance to sing Dan's praises. He also used the occasion to plead with the governor of Louisiana, a state that executes lots of people, to not execute a man scheduled for death that week.
Some people ...