Word: dearden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most visible index of the conference's shift to the right was its selection of delegates to the worldwide synod of bishops in Rome this autumn, which will discuss problems of the priesthood. The only progressive in the delegation is Detroit's John Cardinal Dearden, a natural choice since he heads the U.S. conference. The others are clearly conservatives: Philadelphia's John Cardinal Krol, St. Louis' John Cardinal Carberry and Co-Adjutor Archbishop Leo C. Byrne of St. Paul and Minneapolis, one of the principal critics of the Armbruster report and a major figure...