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Playing the imprimatur game can be as delicate as finding a publisher for a first novel. A classic case involved The Layman in the Church, a collection of essays from Commonweal magazine that was published by Herder and Herder in 1962. Although the articles had caused no great stir when...
Perhaps it was too much to expect that Montrealers could have respected his request for a quiet, unpublicized departure. More than 6,500 letters had arrived bidding him Godspeed, and now TV crews, newsmen and 750 well-wishers thronged Montreal's International Airport to say farewell to Paul-Emile...
For the most majestic program of the week, the networks moved their cameras to New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral of Cardinal Spellman (see RELIGION). And strangely, with religious leaders from half the world parading, live coverage was restricted to local stations.
Francis Cardinal Spellman once said that he wanted only to have the fu neral of a simple priest. The Roman Catholic Church, however, is not inclined to honor its spiritual princes with the trappings of humility. His funeral last week - seen by millions on television - was the nation's...
Not With It. There was also a succinctly honest and even witty tone to the eulogy by Jesuit Father Robert Gannon, president emeritus of Fordham University and author of Spellman's biography. "In life, our cardinal archbishop did not look like the great man that he was," said Father...