Word: franziskus
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...Curia, "and found it wanting." In terms of the men he trusts and consults, that is unquestionably true. During the council, Paul frequently relied upon the advice of such progressive non-Italian prelates as Leo-Joseph Cardinal Suenens of Belgium, Julius Cardinal Döpfner of Munich, Franziskus Cardinal König of Vienna. Apparently, all three have been dismissed from favor as unsympathetic. Today, the Pope's most trusted adviser is Bishop Carlo Colombo, 59, who is a knowledgeable master of standard textbook theology. Another confidant is Dominican Father Luigi Ciappi, the Pope's official theologian. Both...
...from Rome for moral support,* the hierarchy of the U.S. issued a collective statement that called on "our priests and people to receive with sincerity what he has taught, to study it carefully, and to form their consciences in its light." At least a few prelates were openly disappointed. Franziskus Cardinal König of Vienna, who had tried to keep the Pope from issuing the encyclical, said that "it does not solve on its own the problem for the individual human being." The hierarchy of the Dutch church issued a commentary pointedly advising Catholics that such factors as mutual...
...authoritative sources reported that 80% of the commission had favored a relaxation of the church's prohibition of artificial contraception. Nevertheless, Paul continued to ponder the issue. Word gradually spread that he had decided to veto the views of the commission majority. Last June, Vienna's Franziskus Cardinal König, who had been briefed on the Pope's decision, pleaded with Paul to reconsider. König argued that a reaffirmation of the birth control ban would "do the church much damage...
...reason was that many leading European prelates considered Paul's message patently unacceptable. Vienna's Franziskus Cardinal Konig, who had been informed of its contents in advance, flew to Rome two weeks ago to implore the Pope not to release it. While satisfactory to conservatives of the Roman Curia, Konig argued, the pronouncement was "most unwise pastorally and apostolically," and it would "do the church much damage." Such other European liberals as Belgium's Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens and Munich's Julius Cardinal Dopfner reportedly telephoned Pope Paul with similar objections...
...anti-Russian revolt eleven years ago, Josef Cardinal Mindszenty took refuge in the U.S. mission in Budapest, where he has lived ever since. Last week Budapest buzzed with rumors that Mindszenty, now 75, was about to abandon his self-chosen prison. Lending weight to the reports, Vienna's Franziskus Cardinal König flew to Budapest for his fourth visit to Mindszenty this year. Yet at week's end König had again left the country-alone...