Word: confessore
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...help in writing an encyclical letter on Bible scholarship; the resulting document. Divino afflante Spiritn, has been hailed by Catholic Bible scholars as their 20th century declaration of independence because of the latitude it gave them in Biblical interpretation. Two years later, Pope Pius asked Bea to become his confessor...
...baptized, all Christians, about 900 million of them"-the council will explore areas of practical cooperation between "the separated brethren" and the Roman Catholic Church. One area suggested by the cardinal was as timely as the afternoon headlines. "Imagine what it would mean to humanity," said the longtime confessor to Pope Pius XII, "if all Christians would march ahead completely united on the question of nuclear arms, disarmament and peace...
...government. It serves as the liaison office between Rome and non-Catholic churchmen, will handle the invitations to Protestant and Orthodox leaders who are expected to attend the Second Vatican Council in October as observers. The presiding cleric: Augustin Cardinal Bea, 81, a German Jesuit who was confessor to Pope Pius...
...already been more than a year in office. For Catholics. non-Catholics, and any who feared that a Catholic President might try to resolve the nation's problems with the help of some unknown grey eminence in a confessional box, the fascinating speculation is: What would the Presidential confessor reply if such questions were asked? In his own answer. Father Reedy suggested that non-Catholic fears have been misplaced. " On all these questions," he said at the annual Wisconsin Catholic Action Convention, "my advice as a confessor would be the same: 'You have the responsibility; you have...
...fulfilling his obligation, the President is free to pick his confessor (most Catholics confess to whatever priest happens to be avail able) and to switch to another if he does not find him satisfactory. The Pope usually announces the identity of his own confessor, who is currently an old friend of his from Venice, Msgr. Alfredo Cavagna. But this procedure would obviously be impractical for the President, since it would focus embarrassing publicity on his confessor, attract undue attention to the President's private religious life...