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...Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Pope Paul VI has picked a spunky little churchman who has never had a diocese or even a parish of his own. Overjoyed at being handed one of the toughest, most critical jobs in Catholicism is Helder Pessôa Câmara, 55, Auxiliary Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro since...
...mara is known from Rome to Rio as the most outspoken figure in the Brazilian church. At a recent Vatican Council session, he seriously suggested that his fellow bishops toss their jeweled episcopal rings, mitres and other symbols of office away. Just before returning to Brazil, Câmara candidly told Pope Paul that he should get rid of the sedia gestatoria (portable papal throne) and the flabella, the white ostrich feather fans carried beside it. Camara identifies with new-wave Catholic leaders, says: "The church must join the battle for development and social justice so that later people will...
...mara goes about his business as if transistorized. Eyes, arms, legs and mind are always in a flurry of motion. While Auxiliary Archbishop of Rio, he consistently upstaged the doughty Archbishop, Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara (no kin). Helder Câmara's charity bazaars have been social occasions for Brazil's jet set, and always immensely profitable. In public relations he was a pro: "What is not used in the house of the wealthy is wealth in the house of the poor." When Pope Paul (then Giovanni Battista Montini) visited Brazil...
...Helder Câmara says...
...Mara, most amusing of the three episodes, Sophia plays a prostitute with principles. One fine day the boy next door, who is studying for the priesthood, starts to wonder what he really wants: salvation or Sophia? Sophia is amused, but she puts business (Marcello) before pleasure. A man of imagination, Marcello jumps into bed and beseeches her: "P-p-pretend you're a v-v-virgin!" Sophia prepares to comply, but just then the grandmother of the boy next door arrives. "Help!" the old lady hollers. "My grandson wants to leave holy orders and marry you!" Marcello bites...