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Manning, born in Ireland, is a traditionalist who insists on the need for ecclesiastical authority. But he wields it much more gently than his predecessor, James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre. Manning has cooled off the disputatious Los Angeles archdiocese by visiting widely among its parishes, supporting its large Mexican-American community...
In a sudden but not unexpected move last week, Pope Paul VI named 30 new cardinals whom he will elevate to the office in a special consistory March 5. The new Roman Catholic princes will bring the number in the College of Cardinals to a record high of 145. Three...
If White and Rehnquist eventually wound up in lonely dissent on the court, they were soon joined by a clamor of antiabortionists across the country. New York's Terence Cardinal Cooke called the opinion "a tragic utilitarian judgment" and added that "judicial decisions are not necessarily sound moral decisions...
Despite the training and age requirements (at ordination, candidates must be 35 or older), the diaconate is far more flexible than the priesthood and can accept candidates who would not qualify academically for present-day seminaries. Exactly what the new deacons should be, however, is still a matter of argument...
»- WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN? Most theologians and philosophers believe that she should base her decision on the question that Newman found to be a matter of individual judgment: when does a human being begin to exist? Is a fetus only "a bit of vegetating unborn matter" that counts for...