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George H. Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity, was probably the only person in the country who wasn't surprised last week when the Sacred College of Cardinals announced the results of its latest conclave. A month earlier, Williams was possibly the only Vatican observer in the world who predicted the...
At only 58 years of age, they argued the new pontiff will probably enjoy a long reign, which would keep the Church from facing the instability of a papal death in the near future. Furthermore, they said, the election of a non-Italian--especially a cardinal from Eastern Europe--might...
Pope John Paul II does not seem likely to ease the Church's traditional opposition to communism, however. Although as a cardinal in Poland the pontiff adopted a policy of practical co-existence with Communist authorities in that country, he has found plenty of ground to criticize the theoretical basis...
In a lecture delivered at the Harvard Summer School in July 1976 then-Cardinal Wojtyla forcefully attacked the Marxist theory of economic determinism.
One Italian Cardinal in the Curia said confidently last week that his countrymen "do not carry a particular political coloration and are therefore acceptable to everybody." But if the Cardinals cannot reach the required vote of two-thirds plus one, the conclave could conceivably look beyond Italy. Spain's...