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...plot seemed like something out of Becket. The conspirator's accomplice, a poor man, was to go to the city of Recife in northeastern Brazil and there seek out a certain troublesome archbishop. "That priest," the accomplice was told, "must be eliminated." As it happened, the 1968 scenario was never played out. The would-be assassin was too softhearted to go through with the murder. Instead, he went to his intended victim, confessed the plot and warned him that others might...
Also cited by the University were the Most Rev. Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil; Chien-Shiung Wu, an experimental nuclear physicist; and Clifford Geertz, a social anthorpologist...
...Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Camara has gained notariety for championing the cause of the poor and oppressed, particularly in the Northeastern part of Brazil, one of the poorest sections of the world...
...Most Rev. Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, and social activist, a Doctor of Laws...
...Archbishop of York, he has been Britain's second-ranking churchman since 1961, and he is known as a fine preacher, administrator and scholar. Another leading candidate was Bishop John Howe, who administers the worldwide Anglican Consultative Council and who, at 53, may yet have a chance at the top post. Coggan is generally viewed as an interim leader; he is expected to follow Ramsey's precedent and retire at 70, which will give him only five years in office. Meanwhile other, younger bishops will be seasoned, and a logical successor may emerge...