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Cardinal Cushing began his dissonant, yet moving, intonation of the Mass: "Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon him." Suddenly Charles de Gaulle stood upright, facing the altar. He was joined by Emperor Selassie and King Baudouin, and the three chiefs of state stood...
Cardinal Cushing, presiding once more, seemed almost to hurry through the rote and ritual. Near the end, he blurted the words "this wonderful man, Jack Kennedy," into the midst of the stream of ancient Catholic prayers. A 21-gun salute boomed in the distance. Up the hill, three musket volleys...
Orders from Paul. Why did the session slow down? One reason seems to be the overconfidence of the progressive majority's leaders, who did not marshal their forces effectively in the debates. Another factor was council procedure, which proved tailor-made for inaction. Although four cardinal moderators were given...
Rushing Toward Schism. In public, Pope Paul made unmistakably clear his admiration and friendship for such council progressives as Belgium's Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens, and even gave open praise to Fathers Yves Congar and Karl Rahner, two council theologians whose ideas are intensely disliked by the Curia. But...
At week's end the council secretariat announced that the third session would meet from Sept. 14 to Nov. 20 next year. Until then, the twelve council commissions will revise and boil down the remaining undiscussed schemata preparatory to final passage. How successfully these revisions will reflect the tone...