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More than Sermons. Perhaps the most outspoken advocate of social change and reform among Latin American prelates is Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, 55, Archbishop of Santiago and primate of Chile. A square-jawed intellectual, Cardinal Silva Henriquez collects pottery and rare books, tries to discourage visitors from kneeling to kiss...
"Statistical studies," he said, "tell us that one-tenth of the Chilean population receives almost half of the national income. This bad distribution of Chile's riches is paid for in malnutrition of the people." Practicing what Silva Henriquez preached about agrarian reform, the Roman Catholic Church in Chile...
Last week Cardinal Silva Henriquez called upon Chile to speed up the pace of reform. "Social injustice and poverty," he said, "foster Communism. It is urgent to act quickly. We are at the brink. If we do not produce legal and immediate solutions, others can break in and take our...
At Jasna Gora monastery, the most sacred shrine in Poland, Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski last week blasted grow ing Communist efforts to curtail church activities. Speaking to groups of the more than 100,000 pilgrims gathered to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, the cardinal cited a government ban on organized...
Numismatists (from nomisma, Greek for anything sanctioned by usage, the current coin) include such diverse types as the late business wheeler-dealer Samuel Wolfson, ex-King Farouk (who sold his collection for about $3,000,000), Jayne Mansfield and Cardinal Spellman. But most collectors are children; these days they can...