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Article: Serpent in pizza king's swanky Eden. .(Thomas Monaghan)(Column)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 21, 2003
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Thomas Monaghan, the pizza capitalist, is building Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla. His $200 million pledge earned him a front-page story in The New York Times and a place on the list of the "10 top Catholics" of 2002 compiled by Inside The Vatican magazine. He ranked ninth, just ahead of Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisc, who was described as Pope "John Paul's most important day-to-day assistant."
Monaghan, the magazine said, deserves recognition for "giving his fortune away to serve the faith." He plans nothing less than a new Eden for Catholic education, whose present state he bewails, the Times reported, claiming that at "some Catholic universities, students ...