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Richard Cardinal Cushing, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston. died yesterday at the age of 75. He had retired last month after more than 25 years as archbishop...
After 26 years as Boston's archbishop, ailing Richard Cardinal Cushing, 75, was helped up the steps of Holy Cross Cathedral for the two-hour ceremonial installation of his successor, Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros. In what he called "a kind of farewell" to his flock of 1,900,000, the cardinal acknowledged that he had "never dreamed that God in his providence would allow me the privilege of presiding at the installation of my successor. I consider it a special sign of his goodness that he spared me to this...
...W.C.C. actions have so divided its 235 Protestant and Orthodox member churches. The Archbishop of Canterbury protested that the W.C.C. executive council did not consult constituents before voting the funds last month. The British Council of Churches expects a hot debate at its Oct. 17 meeting. Elsewhere, key Protestants are choosing sides...
...host of history's third summit conference of nonaligned nations, Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda was determined to turn his capital of Lusaka into a place fit not only for a king, but also for an emperor, three princes, an archbishop, 14 presidents, eight prime ministers and other assorted representatives from a grand total of 54 states. In little more than four months, the leader of the copper-mining country of 4,000,000 did just that. At a cost of $10.4 million, Kaunda erected a sprawling village complete with broad boulevards, 62 villas (each with swimming pool...
...this. Richard Joseph Cardinal Gushing, the third Archbishop of Boston, was far from a clerical camp follower of the Kennedys. He was one of the most unusual prelates in the history of the American Catholic Church. His instincts flowed from the heart rather than the head. When he took over the see of Boston from autocratic William Cardinal O'Connell in 1944, it was much like Harry Truman's taking over from Franklin Roosevelt...