Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen...
...DIED. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 84, Roman Catholic prelate whose compelling sermons were heard by millions of Americans on evening radio in the 1930s and '40s and on national prime-time television in the '50s; of heart disease; in New York City...
Things look rosy at the wedding until Cardinal Pandulph, the Papal Legate, orders France not to ally herself with England as long as John refuses to support the Church's choice for Archbishop of Canterbury. In the ensuing battle, John captures Arthur and orders Hubert, a faithful servant, to kill the boy. Hubert cannot bids him escape, claiming Arthur died in his sleep...
...sweeping changes won quick approval from Washington, which hailed the new government as "progressive and reasonable." It also won the cautious endorsement of San Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero y Galdamez. In a broadcast over the national radio station, the archbishop pleaded with his countrymen to give the new regime time to prove that "its beautiful promises are not dead letters but rather a real hope that a new era has begun for our country...
...Catholic guerrilla group creates a new dilemma for Manila's archbishop, Jaime Cardinal Sin, who is already deeply worried about the growing number of priests and nuns who actively support the other, Communist insurgency. Politically conservative, the cardinal is nonetheless opposed to martial law. In an interview with TIME, Sin acknowledged, though with some apprehension, that he had heard of the Catholic guerrillas. Said he: "I don't believe they should do things that way because violence begets violence." The cardinal and other church leaders also fear that a witch hunt by the government could divide the church...