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Then the unthinkable happened. So many officials disagreed with Deng's directive to smash the protest that he was forced to rescind it. Some 100 staff members at the People's Daily signed a letter to their bosses challenging the paper's harsh editorial. Within the party, opposition to a crackdown was no less vehement. "The real dissatisfaction of the cadres was made known to Li shortly after the editorial was presented," said a knowledgeable Communist Party member. "They feared that if the leaders suppressed the demonstration and blood was shed, it would be like a big fire that would...
Meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus, last week, the primates who lead the 27 independent branches of world Anglicanism released a letter that the Pope had sent to Archbishop Runcie last Dec. 8. In it, John Paul responded to decisions at the 1988 Lambeth Conference, the once-a-decade meeting of the world's Anglican and Episcopal bishops. Basically, Lambeth had adopted a live-and-let- live approach to the question of women in the hierarchy. Seven of the ; Anglican branches allow women priests, and the diocese of Massachusetts last February toppled the final sex barrier by installing a woman, Barbara Harris...
John Paul's letter reiterated the Vatican's view, set forth in a 1977 decree, that ordination of women is "a break with tradition of a kind we have no competence to authorize," since Jesus chose only male apostles and only men have been ordained since. The Pope criticized the Anglicans for plunging ahead without giving sufficient attention to "the ecumenical and ecclesiological dimensions" of the innovation. The need for such consideration, he stated, is now "urgent" to "prevent a serious erosion of the degree of communion between us." The women's issue, says one Vatican expert, constitutes "a grave...
...special report prepared for the Cyprus sessions noted such messy problems within Anglicanism as opponents' refusing to recognize either women priests or priests ordained by female bishops. As for the Pope's letter, Archbishop Runcie soothingly characterized it as "only a matter of straight speaking between friends that can help the dialogue go forward." In England, Margaret Orr Deas, of the Movement for the Ordination of Women, complained that "the Roman Catholics are not giving anything away" in the negotiations, and she expects no concessions because John Paul is "an unrelenting man and firmly entrenched in his views." The Pope...
...Wellington government. The treaty remained technically in effect, however, and the U.S. hoped Lange might come around. But last week, in an address at Yale University, he declared that New Zealand might soon officially withdraw from ANZUS. "Between the U.S. and New Zealand, the security alliance is a dead letter," said the Prime Minister, who was snubbed by Washington during his visit to the U.S. "The basis of the alliance was a commitment to consult. Consultation has stopped...