Word: clerical
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...whim of the Pope; he must vow absolute obedience to the will of the man who holds the See of St. Peter, must get explicit papal permission to leave Rome or its suburbs. But a cardinal is also, next to the Pope, the most privileged and the most powerful cleric in the Roman Catholic Church. As one of the most spectacular dressers of Christendom, he has to lay out at least $3,000 for his cassocks and skullcaps of scarlet and purple* (which are worn during Lent, Advent and other times of penance and mourning), his white lace rochets, silk...
...cleric's spending his entire service in the curia, since ecclesiastical careerism is "virtually a betrayal of our common cause and God's cause...
...Certain Notoriety. That sort of criticism was bound to make almost any Vatican cardinal see red, and church authorities struck back. An anonymous, front-page article in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, written by a cleric engaged in council preparations, warned the laity and the lower clergy not to "interfere in discussions reserved to the hierarchy itself." An example of such interference was Father Lombardi's book: "reckless and unjust." Last week, addressing Vatican Council II's preparatory commission. Pope John joined in the criticism: "It is to be hoped that various works-especially those...
...been ordered withdrawn from print. But Vatican officials agreed that only placement on the Index could have been a sterner rebuke. Murmuring that his book was only the opinion of a "simple priest," Father Lombardi affirmed his loyalty to the church and retired to silence. Said one Vatican cleric: "Only the Pope is God's microphone...
Duty Is to Pray. A monk is a cleric who takes vows of religion that bind him to live and serve in one monastic community until his death. Unlike Franciscan or Dominican houses, which are organized into tightly run provinces, Benedictine monasteries are almost completely independent of each other; a monk obeys only his own abbot. Unlike the Jesuits or other modern religious congregations, which have specific vocations to preach, heal or teach, monks are essentially contemplative: their major duty is the Opus Dei-the common recitation of the prayers in the Divine Office, for the glory...