Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...charges come to trial, Wilmot's days as a highflyer in international aviation seem over. Last month Grumman sold its Gulfstream-manufacturing subsidiary to American Jet Industries, of Van Nuys, Calif. Its president, Allen Paulson, says flatly that Page will not be asked to help sell any more Gulfstreams...
...wilting heat and humidity of Rome in August, protocol demands that the Cardinals don violet cassocks topped with woolen capes. Their temporary living quarters (or "cells") in the Apostolic Palace during the conclave lack air conditioning. Says one prelate: "Perhaps the heat will combine with divine revelation to help them reach a decision quickly...
...American priests help define the poles. Richard McBrien, a much quoted Boston College theologian, thinks most Catholics with "credentials, intelligence and judgment" are liberals who will be lost to the church if a Pope tries to mollify the conservatives. Only a progressive Pope, he says, will restore the necessary "optimism and confidence." Kenneth Baker, editor of the conservative Homiletic and Pastoral Review, pleads the opposite: "We need a Pope who overcomes the confusion over what it means to be a Catholic. The seminaries are a shambles. We need clear directives about what the church stands for, clear lines for dissent...
...Pope has a decisive role in the Catholic Church. Because of our concern as Catholics for the church and its service to humanity, we would like to speak for all who are hoping for a good Pope, a Pope who would above all try to help overcome the conflicts and contradictions which have arisen in the postconciliar church-a Pope of 'reconciliation! Only the best is good enough! A Pope of our time must...
...ordination of women has gone more smoothly in Canada, New Zealand and Hong Kong than in the U.S. Even the Church of England has announced "no fundamental objections," and the Lambeth decision may help pro-women's ordination forces carry the day at the Church of England Synod this November. As for black African Anglicans, some associate women's equality with racial equality. Others, however, share the position taken by a Kenyan bishop: Women priests are fine for the West...