Word: diocesan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Liturgical reform that would allow bishops and diocesan councils wide liberty to create rites suitable to local needs...
...College of Cardinals and the Curia it operates have come in for sharp criticism from some Catholics, and suggestions for a bureaucratic reform have been sent in by non-Italian bishops for inclusion on the agenda of the Vatican Council. One of the most common requests : more freedom for diocesan bishops to adapt church practices to the needs of their people. One of the sharpest attacks in recent years came from Italian Jesuit Riccardo Lombardi (TIME, Feb. 2), who urged that Curia officials step down after reaching a mandatory retirement age, deplored the splendiferous costumes of cardinals and bishops, recommended...
From Servant to Saint. Progress up the ladder is slow, but the steps are clearly marked. A diocesan commission must first examine the life of the candidate; a favorable verdict is passed on to the Congregation of Rites, which then lists the person as a "servant of God." After the evidence is re-examined by the congregation, the servant may be declared by the Pope as a "venerable." The venerable's cause is then challenged by a devil's advocate (real title: promoter of the faith), who will search for scandal in the person's life, question...
...split the tithe-5% to the rectory, 5% to the school. Many Protestant ministers believe that other charity can be counted in. "The tithe should be a means of free expression of thankfulness to God-with the accent on freedom," says Episcopal Canon Rudolf Devik, of Seattle's diocesan stewardship department. "Charity may include anything the person feels is the work of God. It could include the Seattle Symphony. We sort of draw the line at flower clubs...
...Maria, which is edited by Notre Dame's Holy Cross Fathers, found that most diocesan newspapers carried either the full text of the encyclical or substantial excerpts from it. But of the 53 dioceses responding to the survey, more than 70% left unanswered a question on what they were doing to place Mater et Magistra in their parochial-school curricula, and in 85% of the dioceses there were apparently no plans by bishops, priests or diocesan groups for promotion of the encyclical...