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...Albert Einstein's contribution was more than a mere scientific discovery; it was a major leap forward in understanding." MARINUS J. WIJNBEEK Amersfoort, the Netherlands...
More significant, however, was the dismally low attendance at event after event, as though some pervasive national ennui had set in. Said one Vatican official, after observing the paltry crowd at an Amersfoort youth rally: "I have never seen anything like that." John Paul's four-day Dutch sojourn indicated that there are indeed distinct limits to the power of his personal charisma and that his attempt to reconcile Dutch Catholics with his conservative agenda for the church has had minimal success...
...seemed to fit John Paul's overall strategy of being as diplomatic as possible on Dutch soil and making more gestures of mollification toward his critics than is customary. Despite the disappointments on the trip, he was not defiant but uncharacteristically plaintive and conciliatory. At the youth rally in Amersfoort, he pleaded, "You must continue to tell us everything honestly. But you must also listen to our criticisms...
...accepted theory of the origin of continents based on currents in the molten material below the crust of the earth, winning many honors, among them a Doctor of Science degree from Columbia University, which cited him as "a Jules Verne come to life"; of complications following a fall; in Amersfoort, The Netherlands...
Died. Johannes Cardinal de Jong, 69, Archbishop of Utrecht, courageous anti-Nazi during World War II as chief Catholic prelate in The Netherlands, author of the classic Handbook of Church History; after long illness; in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Ailing on the date of the Consistory in 1946 when he was to have been elevated to cardinal, Archbishop de Jong received the red hat of office from Pope Pius XII in a special ceremony at Pope Pius' summer residence eight months later, was the first resident cardinal in The Netherlands since the Reformation...