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Cyprus Prelate-President Archbishop Makarios considers 13 his lucky number. He was born on Aug. 13, 1913, and frequently chooses the 13th of the month for important meetings. Last week, for the first time in 13 years, Makarios held a meeting in Nicosia with his archrival, Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktas, to begin thrashing out the differences between Greek and Turkish Cypriots that have long engulfed the island in fratricide. Details of the talks were not disclosed, but.it seemed that Makarios was in luck. Later, he described the talks as "a breakthrough" and "a good step toward a settlement." Said...
...November, still quietly, the church admitted about 50 more non-white students. "At this stage, publicity is our worst enemy," said Archbishop Dennis Healey of Durban. And so it proved. When Catholic schools reopened after the Christmas holidays and reporters discovered that at least six had integrated, South Africa's provincial governments acted. Ignoring the national government's recent pledge to reduce racial discrimination, officials in Transvaal and Cape provinces threatened to close the offending schools and prosecute parents who did not transfer their children to segregated state schools...
...little like Sunday morning. The choir sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Bishop William Cannon delivered some Methodist thunder. There was wisdom from the prophet Micah. Jimmy led the discussion about hope, humility and sacrifice. Archbishop John Roach closed the service with a touch of Roman Catholic poetry. Then Jimmy and Rosalynn walked hand in hand back home down the avenue...
Neither the Pope nor the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. F. Donald Coggan, endorsed the agreement; they simply approved its publication for discussion. Not until the 1980s is the commission expected to draft its final proposal for ending the split, which began 4% centuries ago when King Henry VIII rejected the authority of Pope Clement VII so that an autonomous Church of England would grant an annulment of his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon...
Dozier is considered a liberal among the U.S. bishops, and his controversial innovation will surely rouse opposition in more conservative dioceses. He had received a guarded message from the Pope's Apostolic Delegate to the U.S., Archbishop Jean Jadot, who wished him well but offered neither approval nor condemnation, a possible signal that Rome was willing to let the idea be tested. Dozier's experiment was derived from the revised rules for the sacrament of Penance, which went into effect in the U.S. earlier this year...