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...Pope's encyclical against contraception is continuing to meet remarkable resistance from Catholics on all levels of the church. A sharp reminder of that fact occurred when Pat rick Cardinal O'Boyle was the speaker at the Sunday noon Mass at St. Mat thew's Cathedral in Washington. Instead of delivering a sermon, he entered the pulpit to read a pastoral letter that, it had been announced in advance, would exhort the faithful to obey the encyclical. As O'Boyle began to speak, about 400 worshipers, roughly one-third of the congregation, rose and walked...
...life." The episcopal pronouncements have been careful to stress the Pope's teaching authority. But they also emphasize the pri macy of individual conscience and have said, in effect, that Catholic couples who feel duty-bound to practice contraception may do so and still remain in the church. Thus Paul's teaching is being presented more as an ideal to be striven for than as an absolute norm to be followed...
...statement in opposition to the war in Vietnam and in support of draft resistance. "Accordingly," it read, "we are prepared to help bear the burdens of those who have been conscientiously led to extraordinary means of dissent." When Olimpieri took sanctuary on Sunday, Harvey G. Cox, associate professor of Church and Society, said he hoped the Faculty would "do something together." It didn...
...under pressure from the Marines. He may or may not have been entirely moral and intelligent in his reasons for leaving the Marines in the first place. But what is more important is that the issues his sanctuary raised--the war, the draft, resistance, and their implications for the Church--are painfully relevant. Stendahl has scheduled a colloquium for this spring on "Moral Responsibility in the University." The spring is a long time to wait...
...Nameless Coffee House, 3 Church St., begins its second year today with the film "Requiem for a Heavyweight." It will be open from 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year with entertainment and refreshments. Everything is absolutely free...