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...Cape & Cassock. The new church must be democratic, Blake continued, with a government in which laymen share equally with ministers; it must be capable of containing a diversity of theological formulations and ways of worship. And it must be wary of pomp and circumstance. "Since it appears to be necessary to have certain inequalities in status in the church ... let us make certain that the more status a member or minister has the more simple be his dress and attitude ... A simple cassock is generally a better Christian garb for the highest member of the clergy than cape and miter...
Harried Joseph Kasavubu had behind him not only the Western bloc but a new factor in U.N. politics-tribal ties. Cassock-clad Abbé Fulbert Youlou, the President of the former French Congo and, like Kasavubu, an Abako tribesman, rallied nine French Community states, helped beat back the adjournment motion 51 to 36. Result: after a bit more debate, Kasavubu seemed likely to get the coveted seat...
...ancient, ponderous rituals began. Swiss Guards drew a heavy iron chain across the Gandolfo Palace entrance, and in Rome the great bronze doors of St. Peter's clanged shut. Attendants removed the flannel pajamas in which the Pope died and dressed the body in a white silk cassock and an ermine-trimmed crimson velvet cape. Sister Pasqualina, the German nun who had been the Pope's devoted housekeeper, had a small ritual of her own. She assembled the Pope's half-dozen pet birds and, carrying their cage and two suitcases, left for an unannounced destination...
...trouble. When Perón first came to the fore, Cucchetti led 10,000 people in a protest march. When the Catholic hierarchy supported Perón, he blasted his bosses and was relieved of his parish. When Perón turned against the church, he shed his cassock and organized anti-Perón resistance. In July 1956, with Perón booted out of Argentina, Father Cucchetti went to Italy, talked over his idea for a Christian-Jewish brotherhood movement with Vatican officials. Next he visited Israel. Back in Buenos Aires several weeks later, he launched his first...
...Father Superior accepts the credentials of a candidates, he enters a period of postulancy lasting from three to nine months. During this time he must wear an ordinary choir cassock so long as he remains in the Monastery. Outside the enclosure, he resumes normal dress...