Word: bernardin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...yoga, squeezing out time for a twice-weekly Report on Religion that is syndicated by CBS radio, and a book fittingly entitled Secrecy in the Church. A veteran observer of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, Ostling more than a decade ago spotted TIME'S cover subject, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, as "a key figure who possessed unusual competence." When Bernardin was elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1974, Ostling interviewed him in a Washington hotel room; later their paths recrossed in Rome during the 1977 and 1980 synods of bishops...
...Roman Catholic seminary for five years, and taught ancient and medieval philosophy, Latin and Greek at another seminary for three. New York Correspondent Bruce van Voorst has interviewed theologians from Rudolf Bultmann to Hans Küng, while Chicago Correspondent J. Madeleine Nash covered the final days of Bernardin's controversial predecessor, the late John Cardinal Cody. Says she: "After the remoteness of the old-style bishops, Bernardin seems refreshingly approachable...
...Some people say we shouldn't talk politics and that we should address ourselves to truly religious issues," Bernardin answers. "Well, it's not as simple as all that. It's our responsibility to address the moral dimension of the social issues we face. These issues, of course, do have a political dimension as well as a moral dimension. I don't deny that, but that doesn't mean we're not permitted to talk about them. But our perspective must always be from the moral or ethical dimension. I reject out of hand...
...pastoral letter was drafted by a committee of five bishops, whose views on nuclear strategy range from hawkish to openly pacifist. The chairman of that committee in many ways exemplifies the new spirit of American Catholicism. He is the Most Rev. Joseph Louis Bernardin, 54, Archbishop of Chicago (see box). As head of the nation's largest archdiocese (2.4 million members), Bernardin is expected to be added to the ten American Cardinals when Pope John Paul II names new members of the Sacred College. Bernardin has been a close colleague of the Pope's since they served together...
...debate will be fully aired at a four-day meeting of the bishops' conference in Washington beginning Nov. 15. The tactful and diplomatic Bernardin, who is called a "George Shultz of the Catholic hierarchy," will work to mold a consensus around his committee's draft. A special meeting will be called, probably next spring, to vote on the final version. If it passes by a two-thirds margin, it will be sent to all parishes to become a guide for Catholic teachings. Even if adopted, the letter is likely to remain a matter of controversy among members. Says...