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...statement by Archbishop John R. Quinn that Vatican strictures on birth control are being ignored by many U.S. Catholics [Oct. 13] reflects the misconception that the doctrines of faith and morals proclaimed by the church are changeable. Yet there has never been an about-face on any of those doctrines. The great secular breakthrough allowed by the promotion and acceptance of contraception has brought us the age of state-countenanced abortion, community-standardized pornography and a more than embryonic euthanasia movement. This pro-pleasure, antichild mind-set won't intimidate the church of Peter ever to modify the doctrine...
...synod began, there was a flurry of excitement. Led by Archbishop John R. Quinn, president of the U.S. hierarchy, a number of prelates from Western Europe, Canada and the U.S. baldly pointed out that large numbers of good Catholics simply do not understand the ban on birth control and are unwilling to obey it. But no one at the synod questioned Paul VI's teaching on birth control. And it soon became clear that many bishops in non-Western parts of the world take a dim view of contraception. Social-action liberal bishops from Brazil and other Third World...
Richard Doherty, talking about his son's death five months later, made no effort to hide his anguish and bitterness. "I didn't get anything from Archbishop Medeiros," Doherty, an Irish Catholic said. "I dont' understand it. He's put millions of dollars behind that peace coventry [sic], for the pins...
...remarkable speech came at the start of the sixth Synod of Bishops, before 216 delegates summoned from around the world to advise John Paul on family issues. The speaker: San Francisco's Archbishop John R. Quinn, 51, who has hardly been known for boldness during his term as president of the U.S. bishops' conference. Quinn loyally endorsed the papal teaching, of course. But then he reminded the bishops of what most of them might prefer to forget...
...With such strong opposition, priests face "grave personal problems" over how to apply church teaching and discipline. The archbishop cited a 1971 survey commissioned by the U.S. bishops reporting that only 29% of U.S. priests believed that artificial contraception is always immoral. (Only 13% said they denied absolution in the confessional to couples who use forbidden methods...