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...controlled church to which 4 million Chinese Catholics belong, ordained two new bishops without the Vatican's permission. Considering that Rome has claimed absolute authority over clerical appointments for almost two millenniums, its reaction to the news was predictably swift. Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro-Valls said that Pope Benedict XVI learned of the appointments with "great sadness." That may have been the understatement of the year, as Navarro-Valls also said church law calls for the automatic excommunication of the two new bishops and those who installed them. Hong Kong's Bishop Joseph Zen, who was recently promoted...
...Communist takeover in 1949, all Catholics have had to join the state-sanctioned CPCA or face persecution. Out of the estimated 12 million Catholics in the country, a majority are thought to worship at secret underground churches that are loyal to the Vatican. Since his elevation to the papacy, Benedict has sought to repair ties so that those faithful can practice in the open. The goal was full diplomatic relations and possibly even a papal visit to China by 2008, when Beijing will be host of the Olympics. In recent years, says Father Bernardo Cervellera, director of the Rome-based...
...whether Beijing's moves have wrecked the possibility of détente with Rome. Navarro-Valls said that the Pope was willing to continue discussions about normalizing relations so long as Beijing agreed to stop ordaining bishops on its own. But some Vatican officials say that Beijing may not find Benedict in such a generous mood in the future. Says a senior Vatican official: "It's a demonstration of bad faith on the part of the Chinese government ... [they] are used to playing these mind games, of using brinkmanship." Of course, that's a game the Vatican knows how to play...
...least seven departments will consider allowing members of the class of 2007 to declare a secondary field retroactively. Departments have the final say in determining whether next year’s seniors will be able to declare a secondary field in the spring, according to Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71. The full Faculty approved the Curricular Review legislation to implement secondary fields a month ago.Secondary fields will not appear on diplomas but will appear on transcripts, according to Assistant Dean of Harvard College Stephanie H. Kenen.Some graduate programs—which are not available...
...reach a quorum at its meeting yesterday and postponed a vote on a measure that would have required most courses to be student-evaluated.Several professors blasted the proposal, saying it would infringe upon “professorial autonomy.†The motion, put forward by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, would mandate that all courses of five or more students be evaluated for the annual guide published by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE).The Faculty Council and a curricular review committee have both supported mandating course evaluations, noting that they serve as crucial...