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...American churchman moved up in the reshuffle. Monsignor John P. Foley, 48, editor of Philadelphia's official archdiocesan weekly, the Catholic Standard and Times, was named head of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, thereby becoming, in effect, the Vatican's top information officer...
...chronic racial problems which have penetrated the Church. During the busing riots in the 1970s, many families used parochial schools as an escape from the integrated public school system. This forced the Church to adopt policies making it easier for Blacks and other non-Catholic minorities to attend archdiocesan schools...
Though most of the sanctuary congregations are Protestant, Milwaukee's Roman Catholic Archbishop Rembert Weakland last month opened archdiocesan property to the refugees and on Easter weekend personally baptized, in Spanish, two children of the seven Salvadorans. Says Weakland: "Sanctuary is not really a way of avoiding justice, but a holy respite so that true justice can eventually be done." But three other Catholic prelates, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago and Archbishops John Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis and James Hickey of Washington, have criticized the movement, arguing that Catholics should aid refugees through legal means and lobby...
Long demoralized by Cody's indifference, Chicago's 2,468 priests have suddenly found that their opinions matter on such issues as financial accountability and the church's social mission. In the new heady atmosphere of collegiality, there is talk that Bernardin plans to convene an archdiocesan synod (the last one took place...
Though Archbishop Quinn remained silent, the first reaction from the archdiocese emphasized the task force's good intentions rather than accusing it of doctrinal errors or sins of naiveté. Said an editorial in the archdiocesan newspaper The Monitor: "We do not agree with many of the report's findings and recommendations. On the other hand, we respect the report for what it is-a working document, voicing the real feelings of real people who have had the courage to speak out." Last week the archdiocese's senate of priests resolved to seek a plan for ministering...