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...influence the appointment of bishops. Moreover, his philosophical cast can determine what direction the church's national program takes. Thus, in Washington last week, there was far more than ceremonial significance in the U.S. bishops' vote to give the office to Philadelphia's John Cardinal Krol, the American hierarchy's outstanding conservative...
...brilliant administrator and a man who speaks eleven languages, Krol (Polish for "king") is closely attuned to the attitudes of Pope Paul VI. He is fairly progressive on social principles but traditional on doctrine and church government. He has issued strong attacks on the arms race and unequal distribution of world wealth, but emphatically approved the endorsement of priestly celibacy at the recent world synod of bishops in Rome...
Even before his election last week, Krol probably had more influence in the Vatican than any other American bishop, outshining his predecessor in the U.S. presidency, Detroit's moderately progressive John Cardinal Dearden. At the Rome synod, Krol was the only bishop from North America elected to serve on the council that will prepare the next synod...
...Bastion. The key to Krol's style is the big Archdiocese of Philadelphia, which is to the church what Mayor Daley's Chicago is to the Democratic Party: a bastion of strength and discipline in the midst of turmoil. Priestly dissent is rare. The huge parochial school system remains intact, with remarkably low tuitions (after Pennsylvania's grants to private schools were banned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the state legislature voted $47 million a year in "voucher" aid to parents of private school pupils). This fall Krol capped a decade of construction costing $120 million...
...delegation was headed by Philadelphia's conservative John Cardinal Krol, and Detroit's progressive John Cardinal Dearden. But U.S. bishops are less likely to be active debaters than some of the European leaders, such as Belgium's Leo-Jozef Cardinal Suenens. Just how much Paul may be willing to listen to is questionable. In his opening speech last week, the Pontiff warned the delegates not to yield to the "particular danger" of pressures from the outside world, including either praise or criticism from the press or broadcasters. Just the day before, Paul had made it clear what...