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Inevitably, the bishops had to face the problem of religion's appeal to the young. The church itself, several prelates conceded, turned off many youths. "The young person is looking for a model of Christ and the Gospel in the ministers," said Archbishop John Quinn of Oklahoma City. "In the eyes of the young those qualities [of Jesus] that are most important-joy, love and kindness, patience and tolerance, an open mind and a willingness to listen, a spirit of compassion and concern, simplicity and directness -are often missing in the ministers...
...trouble winning re-election had he not voted against a constitutional amendment to ban busing. That hurt him in Oklahoma City, where schools are under court order to integrate. Democratic Challenger Ed Edmondson, 55, a former Congressman, tools round the state in his own car preaching a vaguely populist gospel in contrast to Bellmon's support for big business...
...punishment applies to the poor and the weak, and mercy applies to the powerful." Jesus, however,stressed that the more powerful a person is, the more accountable he is for wrongdoing. "To whom much is given, of him will much be required," he warned the Apostles according to the Gospel of Luke, "and of him to whom men commit much, they will demand the more." A surprisingly tough editorial in the Catholic Standard and Times, weekly newspaper of the conservative Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, voices the prevailing discontent: "It is discouraging for law-abiding citizens to see that presidential...
...devotedly Roman Catholic" although he has a deserved reputation as a radical for his criticism of papal infallibility. Howard University Theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether-the only woman on the list-was cited for seeing traditional Christianity as "an ideology of oppressors" and trying to transform it into "a gospel of liberation...
...fiercest, Roman Catholic Archbishop Custodio Alvim Pereira of Lourenço Marques had little patience with some of the Catholic missionaries who denounced Portuguese atrocities. The denunciations were "Marxist propaganda," he thundered, adding that priests who indulged in such criticism were departing from their role as ministers of the Gospel. When a fellow prelate disagreed, Pereira had him hustled off to Portugal under military escort. Last week the archbishop found himself being hustled away. After a visit from a Vatican cardinal, Pereira abruptly resigned his Mozambique diocese, apparently to take up some vague duties in Rome in preparation...