Word: curiae
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...declaration criticized, besides the papal appointments, the Pontiff's teachings and his attempts to control scholars. "When the Pope does that which is not part of his office, he cannot, in the name of catholicity, demand obedience," stated the lengthy text. The Vatican Curia was also accused of aggravating "conflicts in the church by means of rigid discipline." The clergy and lay theologians were especially vexed by the Pontiff's treatment of the birth-control ban as one of the "fundamental pillars of Christian teaching," maintaining that it is supported by neither the Bible nor church tradition...
...Vatican's support for Humanae Vitae is as strong as ever, but with a twist. The church has now become the world's most active proponent of natural family planning, a more effective version of the old unreliable rhythm method. A new department has been set up within the Curia, the Vatican's bureaucracy, to promote birth regulation. In Rome, Gemelli Hospital houses a twelve-year-old N.F.P. clinic run by a Catholic university and headed by a nun. Since it opened, the clinic has taught N.F.P. methods to 1,660 couples, and claims that not one of the women...
Reaction in the Vatican, which flatly opposes condom education, ranged from silence to cold fury. "I would hope they'd get the statement straightened out soon -- before Christmas," snapped a Curia staff member. If the Americans do not act, he vowed, "Rome will." But a ranking Vatican official said no quick response is anticipated. Pope John Paul's thinking may become known in February, when the first of several contingents of American bishops arrives in Rome for periodic in-person reports to the Pontiff...
...legal discourse, employing instead the device of parable to make his points about race, law, religion, and the intersection of the three. Through dialogues between his fictional characters Geneva Crenshaw, a civil rights lawyer who has tapped into an otherworldly body of Black demi-gods known as the Celestial Curia, and her Black law professor friend, Bell lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding the legal process--a way that is uniquely Black...
...Curia sisters say, "We find courage in the knowledge that we are not the opressors and that we have commited our lives to fighting the oppression of oursleves as well as others." One hopes that Bell does not abandon his search for a new way of talking about civil rights and that And We Are Not Saved marks the beginnings of a legal movement that forces Americans finally to realize their own ideals...