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The Rev. Russell Karl, a pastor in Oxnard, Calif., wrote to Los Angeles' James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre two weeks ago, disagreeing with the encyclical. When he met Mclntyre later, Karl said, he was handed a letter relieving him of his parish duties. Mclntyre's office announced that Karl...
After the encyclical was published, most of the enthusiasm for it came from Roman Catholic bishops, who are bound by special ties of loyalty to the Pope. Prompted by an urgent request from Rome for moral support,* the hierarchy of the U.S. issued a collective statement that called on "our...
Departure from Tradition. The 7,000-word encyclical, entitled Humanae Vitae (On Human Life) was completed five months ago, and its negative judgment was not unexpected. Despite strong protests to the Pope since then by leading European prelates, it was modified only slightly. During its preparation, said Vatican sources, Paul...
Died. Angel Cardinal Herrera y Oria, 81, one of Spain's foremost champions of social reform; in Madrid. A former Madrid newspaperman who did not become a priest until he was 53, Herrera was among the few Spanish churchmen to speak out publicly against corruption and injustice under Franco...
Vetoing 80%. Originally set up by Pope John XXIII, the commission on birth control was composed of lay and clerical experts in the field, and included medical doctors and sociologists. In June 1966, the commission submitted its final report to the Pope, and authoritative sources reported that 80% of the...