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...Which, according to lore, was brought to Ceylon in the 4th century by a princess who had hidden it in her hair when Buddhism was driven out of India. Centuries later, a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa had the tooth ground into powder and thrown into the sea. But a Sinhalese prince later proclaimed that the tooth had reassembled itself and returned to its sanctuary...
Beyond the Boundaries? Turkish Cypriots recoiled from the idea of direct talks because of the predominant Greek position on the island; they are well aware that their top negotiator, Vice President Fazil Kuchuk, is no match for the wily Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus. In Ankara, the Turkish government railed at the report, accused Plaza of being pro-Greek and denounced him for going beyond the "boundaries of his duty." Instead of solving one problem, complained a Turkish official, Plaza had created a new one. But U.N. Secretary-General U Thant defended Plaza's report...
...government of Cyprus' President, Archbishop Makarios, responded with counter threats. Makarios said there was no intention of attacking the Turkish Cypriot communities unless "we have to put these areas under full control so as to face the attack from the outside free from any internal distractions." Bellowed Grivas: "If the Turks dare to bombard Cyprus, the heaps of dead will not be Greek!" Grivas last week flew to Athens, and the rumor was that he was asking for a squadron of Greek jet fighters. In his absence, his National Guardsmen cleared a sizable area adjoining Nicosia airport, perhaps...
...Roman Curia to limit the council's reforms and the scope of the bishops' collegial power. Last week, the U.S. hierarchy's ecumenical commission met in Washington to formulate rules for interfaith contacts; it ignored an order limiting those contacts handed down recently by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, the apostolic delegate (TIME, March...
Many prelates, accepting this new theology of authority, have tried to put it into practice by welcoming laymen and priests into the corridors of power. In Atlanta, Archbishop Paul Hallinan has appointed more than 125 laymen to church commissions; Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston intends to have laymen present at archdiocesan ecumenical synods...