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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drawing rooms of the rich and great. But the order forbids its members to accept ecclesiastical honors, keeps them quietly and efficiently on the move, their minds sharp, their spirits obedient, their black-cassocked persons unattached to any one locality. Its Superior General (at present Polish Wlodimir Ledochowski) is elected for life, is often called the "Black Pope" because he wears a black habit and possesses powers which, in a limited way, resemble the Holy Father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The End of Four Centuries | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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