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...young seminarian at Rome's North American College, Archbishop John Patrick Cody of New Orleans once served Mass for a newly ordained priest named Albert Meyer. Last week Cody, 57, was named to succeed the late Cardinal Meyer as Archbishop of Chicago. As head of the nation's largest archdiocese (2,400,000 Roman Catholics), he is a sure bet to be named the next U.S. cardinal...
...think I am not being pessimistic in saying that a schism is to be feared by the end of the year," said Rouen's coadjutor, Archbishop Andre Pailler, last month; he foresaw that some French conservatives would leave the church rather than accept the liberal definitions of religious liberty and the church in the modern world that the Vatican Council will probably approve this fall...
Daunted by the national publicity given to his speech, Archbishop Pailler later explained that what he meant by "schism" was a spirit of disobedience toward the council's decrees rather than a formal split. Nonetheless, church observers believe that he would not have spoken out without the advice and consent of other bishops, and some French conservatives argue that the church is already suffering from a "silent schism" of Catholics who are "walking out on their tiptoes, leaving the church forever." The bishops face a touchy task of reconciliation in a land where those people who are serious about...
...PROVENCE (July 11-Aug. 1), a historic spa 17 miles north of Marseille, traditionally provides the most exciting of the French festivals. Held in the torchlighted, tapestry-draped courtyard of the archbishop's palace, the event will feature, in addition to its annual Mozart cycle (Cosi fan Tutte, Die Zauberflote), concerts by Sopranos Regine Crespin and Teresa Stich-Ran dall, Violinist Igor Oistrakh and the Smith-Princeton Chamber Chorus...
This month Roman Catholic Archbishop John F. Dearden of Detroit and St. Louis' Joseph Cardinal Ritter announced that they would give preferential treatment to suppliers who gave equal opportunity to minority groups; the same policy will eventually be applied to contractors. Under the terms of "Project Equality," bids from suppliers will be judged not only on the basis of cost and quality, but also on the company's fair-employment practices record. Directors of the project expect that within two years this policy will be adopted by at least 40 other dioceses...