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Yahoo
16-05-2025
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West St. Paul pastor recalls spending the summer of 1980 in Minnesota with a friend — Pope Leo XIV
In the summer of 1980, the man now known as Pope Leo XIV saw the new movie 'The Blues Brothers' with a Lutheran friend at Roseville 4, a now-demolished theater on Larpenteur Avenue. They also ate at the Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis and spent time at Luther Seminary, where friend John Snider lived. The Rev. Snider is now the senior pastor at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, and during that summer of 1980, he, Bob Prevost, as the pope was then known, and three others served together in a clinical pastoral education group at Abbott Northwestern hospital in Minneapolis. 'I'd say, 'Bob, let's get together,' but it was kind of bouncing around a bit,' Snider said. 'He finally said, 'If we're going to be friends, we have to make a commitment.' It was like, oh, yeah. So we did. We did a lot of things all summer, and I just think of that as one of those characteristics that's true to him — people count, and he makes a commitment to be there with you.' Then, as now, many seminary students are required to complete clinical pastoral education at medical centers or hospitals, almost like an internship where they gain skills on 'the relational, conversational, emotional side of the job,' Snider said. The men were in their early 20s; this was before they were ordained by their respective religious bodies: Snider at Luther Seminary in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Prevost within the Augustinian order of the Roman Catholic church. While Snider lived at the Seminary in St. Paul, Prevost lived on the hospital campus in Minneapolis. 'I'll tell you the other thing: To have known someone, we were 22 and 23 or maybe 24, and to see this guy now being under a microscope, and lots of people either fawning on him or dogging him for this and that is like, what?!' Snider said. 'But truthfully, I don't worry about him. He's not in it to be Pope; he's in it to serve.' About a week before the papal conclave was set to begin earlier this month to select a new pope, Snider reached out to his old friend — not knowing he would soon become pope, of course, but wishing him well as a voting member of the College of Cardinals. 'He responded, 'Love to you and Polly and thanks for your friendship through the years. It's all in God's hands. Blessings, Bob,'' Snider said. Snider is set to retire from St. Stephen's on Sunday, May 18 — the same day as Leo XIV's inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The Roseville 4 theater, which had been on the corner of Larpenteur and Fernwood Street since the 1970s, closed in 2008 and was torn down to make room for an adjacent grocery store expansion. Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity Those who've worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he'll elevate women's roles — with limits Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off-day Pope vows every effort to work for peace in regions where Christians persecuted, forced to flee Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace As far as Snider knows, Prevost has not been back to Minnesota since that summer, but Snider visited his friend in Rome in 2010 when the now-pope was serving as the global head of the Order of Saint Augustine. No sitting popes have visited Minnesota; Prevost's 1980 summer work makes him only the second pope in history known to have visited Minnesota before his papacy. Before becoming Pope Pius XII, then-Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli briefly stopped in St. Paul on a national tour in 1936. 'All my friends are like, 'So when's your next trip to Rome?'' Snider said, laughing. 'But I'm not sure what a Pope's vacation schedule is like! How many days off do you think the Pope gets to request?'
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Rihanna & Her Baby Bump Close Out the 2025 Met Gala Red Carpet
Hours after Rihanna's surprise pregnancy reveal ahead of the 2025 Met Gala, the pop superstar made her way to the red carpet to show off her impeccable style and her new baby bump. The Met Gala legend perfectly embodied the night's 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' theme, wearing a menswear-inspired look that included a slouchy, wide-brimmed black hat; a gray corset over a white shirt collar topped by a black bolero jacket and burgundy polka-dot tie; and a pinstriped, button-down floor-length skirt. The skirt appeared to be created with an ultra-long men's blazer, with its sleeves tied at her waist. More from Billboard Rihanna Reveals She's Pregnant With Baby No. 3 at 2025 Met Gala 'The Blues Brothers' Return in First-Ever Graphic Novel See Madonna, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx & Lorde Squeeze In for Epic Met Gala Selfie Rihanna finished the mobster-chic look with the perfect shoe: a black heel with a white lace-up spat. A$AP Rocky, with whom Rihanna is expecting her third child, was a co-chair of this year's Met Gala, alongside Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton, while LeBron James served as honorary chair. (James announced on X earlier Monday he had to cancel his appearance due to a knee injury he sustained at the end of the NBA season.) The 2025 Met Gala theme is 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' which also inspired the Met Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition of the same name and explores the history of Black dandyism. Rihanna and Rocky share two sons together, RZA Athelston Mayers, who turns 3 years old this month, and 1-year-old Riot Rose Mayers. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Andre 3000 Carries Piano on His Back at 2025 Met Gala & Drops New Piano Album at the Same Time
Leave it to André 3000 to get the Met Gala red carpet buzzing and do some album promo at the same time. On Monday night (May 5), the Outkast legend showed up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute fundraiser with a baby grand piano strapped to his back, and at the same time, he surprise-dropped his latest instrumental album, called 7 piano sketches. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet 'The Blues Brothers' Return in First-Ever Graphic Novel See Madonna, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx & Lorde Squeeze In for Epic Met Gala Selfie The album was released at 8 p.m. ET via Epic Records, shortly after André arrived on the carpet wearing his piano look by Burberry, in collaboration with benji bixby and styled by Law Roach. (This marked the debut for benji bixby, which is the latest incarnation of André's late-'00s line Benjamin Bixby.) André's Met Gala look mimics the cover art of the new album. In a press release, André said the original title for the project was ''The Best Worst Rap Album In History' and here is an excerpt from the original liner notes: 'It's jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all. It's the best because it's the free-est emotionally and best I've felt personally. It's the best because it's like a palette cleanser for me.'' 7 piano sketches is the follow-up to another instrumental project from André, the 2023 flute album New Blue Sun, which was nominated for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys, along with two other nods for the work. In November, André will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside bandmate Big Boi as part of Outkast. Listen to the new album and see André's full piano-inspired look below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
New York Post
25-04-2025
- New York Post
Diehard Luigi Mangione fans rally outside NYC courthouse as he pleads not guilty to murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in federal death penalty case
Diehard Luigi Mangione fans protested the feds' death penalty case against their sick hero Friday — as he pleaded not guilty to the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 26, stood in tan jail garb when he was asked to enter his plea in Manhattan federal court to a four-count indictment charging him with murder, stalking and a firearms offense for the shocking Dec. 4 hit on the health insurance bigwig. 'Not guilty,' he said, The plea kicks off a fight for Mangione's life, as the feds have said they will seek the death penalty — much to the chagrin of roughly 20 fans flamboyantly supporting him outside. 'Luigi is a fall guy,' declared April Smith, 49, who trekked from Long Island City wearing gold eyelashes, a yellow- and red-sequined shirt and fluffy Uggs to support Mangione. Smith said she was motivated to attend her first ever court case after hearing Mangione could be sentenced to death, if convicted. One supporter called Mangione a 'fall guy.' James Keivom Her father was a corrections officer at Joliet Correctional Center, Illinois, of 'The Blues Brothers' and 'Prison Break' fame, and told her horror stories of inmates being mistreated on death row. 'The death penalty is inhumane,' she said. 'I am hoping he will find the right people to help him out of his situation.' Many protesters' signs seen outside the courthouse also held the anti-health insurance company slogan, 'Deny, Delay, Depose.' The use of the three-word slogan has skyrocketed in popularity after it was reported that the ominous message was scribbled into ammunition recovered at the Manhattan murder scene. His Friday arraignment was Mangione's first appearance in federal court since US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that she'd take the rare step of moving for capital punishment in the shocking slaying. In a notice of intent to seek the death penalty filed Thursday, prosecutors cited Mangione's alleged 'intent to provoke broad-based resistance to the victim's industry.' The feds seek the death penalty against Mangione, seemingly in part because of the cult following his arrest — which has translated to a $1 million legal defense fund. New York state outlawed capital punishment in 2004. But federal prosecutors can still execute defendants — if they convince a jury to unanimously sign off on a government-sanctioned killing. If they did so in the Mangione case, it would be the first Manhattan federal execution in 70 years. The Maryland native is separately charged in Manhattan state court with murder as an act of terrorism and other charges that carry a possible life sentence without parole. The state case is currently on pace to head to trial first.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
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Today in Chicago History: City celebrates first Earth Day with Civic Center rally
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 22, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 91 degrees (1980) Low temperature: 24 degrees (1986) Precipitation: 1.55 inches (1981) Snowfall: 0.2 inches (1893) 1970: As the first Earth Day was observed in the United States, Illinois Attorney General William Scott told a rally at the Civic Center (now Daley) Plaza that he planned to sue the city of Milwaukee for polluting Lake Michigan. 1978: 'Joliet' Jake Blues (portrayed by John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (played by Dan Aykroyd) — the Blues Brothers — made their first appearance on 'Saturday Night Live.' Though Steve Martin was host, the musical act opened the show. The duo returned during the show's fourth season. Two years later, 'The Blues Brothers' film — which was largely filmed in Illinois — was released. 1980: Chicago Cubs shortstop Iván DeJesús hit for the cycle against the St. Louis Cardinals. DeJesús had no idea what he had just done until third-base coach Joey Amalfitano congratulated him. 'It's like pitching a no-hitter. It's something you've never done before. But if I go 5-for-6 in the game, and we lose, it's not the same,' DeJesús told reporters after the game. The Cubs beat the Cardinals 16-12 at Wrigley Field. Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago Cubs who have hit for the cycle Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
