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...closing Mass in the Sistine Chapel, John Paul said he took satisfaction in the bishops' "clearer awareness" of the universal church. Translation: the Vatican had won on each of its eight major complaints. The handling of priestly celibacy was typical. Though Rome closed the question long ago, two liberal Dutch bishops have permitted open discussion of allowing married priests, and another bishop has said publicly that he would welcome such a change. In one of the more dramatic moments around the synod table, archtraditionalist Silvio Cardinal Oddi of the Vatican pointed a finger at each bishop in turn...
During his pastorate the church school was begun and women were allowed to worship in Appleton Chapel...
DIED. Oscar R. Ewing, 90, head of the Federal Security Agency for five years before its 1953 reconstitution as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ewing, a Wall Street lawyer, led Harry Truman's bid to win nomination as Franklin Roosevelt's running mate in 1944 and engineered his 1948 presidential campaign. At the F.S.A., he sharply expanded the Social Security system. Critics accused Ewing of helping to build a welfare state, but he insisted that federally provided basic services were "the best possible defense against socialism...
CONCERT: Ellen Sebring, flute and Jeffrey Pierce, harpsichord and organ will play music by Bach, Rameau, Jean Alain and Frank Martin; MIT Chapel, noon. Free...
November 9: Pope John Paul II announces doctrine of Presidential infallibility. The Electoral College convenes in the Sistine Chapel to ratify decision...