Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...baseball's Casey Stengel, 77, recovering in Glendale, Calif, from major surgery for a perforated peptic ulcer; Lawyer Percy Foreman, 66, in Houston with a case of pneumonia that could prevent him from preparing the defense of James Earl Ray in time for the March 3 trial opening; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, 73, resting in Rochester, N.Y., after slipping on an icy sidewalk and breaking his left arm; Admiral John S. McCain, 58, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, in Honolulu's Tripler Army Hospital after suffering what doctors described as a mild stroke...
STRANGE as it seems in the space age, the supposed reality of psychic phenomena continues to fascinate modern men. Although trained in the cold logic of the law before he became a theologian, resigned Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike is convinced that he has had telepathic talks with his dead son. Ever since her forecast of John Kennedy's assassination came true, Soothsayer Jeane Dixon's words and prophecies have been eagerly awaited by a multitude of followers. And despite considerable skepticism, not to say amusement, in the scientific community, a small band of researchers, led by Duke...
...Cicero, Ill., and former special assistant to Pope Paul. In a 2 ½-hour ceremony in St. Peter's basilica in Rome, a choir chanted and Swiss Papal Guards stood stiffly at attention while Marcinkus prostrated himself at the Pope's feet to be made a bishop. The next morning, the burly Marcinkus, who stands 6 ft. 3 in., star ed his new job as the institute's Secretary of the Administrative Office...
...Bishop as Banker. The Holy See, which is as secretive as a Swiss bank in money matters, has never revealed the extent of its temporal wealth. But according to the expert opinion of bankers, economists and others who closely study its affairs, the securities that it owns in many countries are worth more than $2 billion. By best estimates, the Vatican holds 2% of the shares quoted on Italian stock exchanges. It is a stock holder in several Italian banks, including one called the Bank of the Holy Spirit...
Marcinkus' new job is not all high finance. The bishop-banker grants subsidies to needy dioceses and disburses the money for the salaries of Vatican employees, from cardinals on down to sacristans. Anyone who resides within the walls of Vatican City is entitled to bank at the institute...