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...church authorities struck back. An anonymous, front-page article in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, written by a cleric engaged in council preparations, warned the laity and the lower clergy not to "interfere in discussions reserved to the hierarchy itself." An example of such interference was Father Lombardi's book: "reckless and unjust." Last week, addressing Vatican Council II's preparatory commission. Pope John joined in the criticism: "It is to be hoped that various works-especially those by authors of a certain notoriety-be written with caution and objectivity to avoid rousing perplexity and confusion...
Father Riccardo Lombardi, S.J., is a kind of modern-day Savonarola. In Italy between 1946 and 1956, the fervent little Jesuit, who was popularly known as "God's microphone," drew crowds of 300,000 and more for fiery lectures that urged rich and poor alike to recapture the zeal of early Christians if they would save the world from Communism. In 1955, he set up an ambitious Better World Institute on Lake Albano, near Rome, as a center for Christian studies of social reform. During its first three years, while his friend and protector Pope Pius XII was alive...
...Protest Against Pomposity. Father Lombardi's zeal for Christian reform was reawakened last year by Pope John's call for Vatican Council II, the great gathering of Catholic prelates set for late this year. Collecting his own views on what the council should do, Lombardi last December published a book called Council: For a Reform of Charity. He personally presented a copy to Pope John. It proved to be a blistering attack on the fusty habits of Catholic bishops and Vatican bureaucrats. Likening the church to "an old building constructed many centuries ago," Lombardi insisted that it must...
...Father Lombardi's book, which received the approval of his Jesuit superior and an imprimatur from a local auxiliary bishop, has not been ordered withdrawn from print. But Vatican officials agreed that only placement on the Index could have been a sterner rebuke. Murmuring that his book was only the opinion of a "simple priest," Father Lombardi affirmed his loyalty to the church and retired to silence. Said one Vatican cleric: "Only the Pope is God's microphone...
...keep his Western Champion Green Bay Packers moving against the Eastern Champion New York Giants, Packer Coach Vince Lombardi relied on a savagely blocking line, the accurate passing of Quarterback Bart Starr, and the multiple talents of Paul Hornung - the N.F.L.'s Player of the Year. Hornung drove past Giant defenders for 89 yds. (including a 6-yd. touchdown burst), booted three field goals and four extra points as the Packers cut down the hapless Giants...