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...white blouse nervously delivered a graceful welcome: "You have lifted up the eyes of the world to focus on the enduring values of the family, the community, human rights and love for one another " The Pope kissed the soggy tarmac, planted two kisses on the cheeks of the Rev. Msgr. Charles Finn, at 102 the oldest U S priest, and said he would like to "enter every home, to greet personally every man and woman, to caress every child." Failing that, he said, "permit me to express my sentiments in the lyrics of your own song," and then...
...never thought that I would live long enough to see this," declared Msgr. John Egan, 60, grand old man of Catholic social action. What the balding monsignor saw as he looked out upon the throng in Detroit's Cobo Hall was an unprecedented gathering of representatives of the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy and the church's grass roots: 110 bishops meeting openly in discussion with 1,230 priests, nuns and laity. Said Egan: "The voice of the church is about to be heard through these delegates...
...very day the mayor spoke, Detroit was mourning the death of a good Samaritan priest, Msgr. Thomas Jobs, who was gunned down in his rectory in a robbery that netted a few dollars. No charges have been filed...
...expressed its "strongest displeasure with the abrupt firing" as well as an objection to the method of the dismissal, which it said was "in violation of the minimal standards of due process," thus undermining "confidence in ecclestiastical administration." The entire matter was further exasperated by the replacement of Rev. Msgr. Edward G. Murray as the pastor of St. Paul's with Fr. Boles, the chairman of the investigating committee...
Reaction of mainstream clergy to the Family is mixed. Leonard Heffner, a United Church of Christ pastor in Scranton, feels that parents these days should be grateful if their kids are involved in a group that concentrates on Bible reading rather than something worse. But Msgr. James Timlin, chancellor of the Scranton diocese, warns youths not to be "taken in" by the zealots' "easy and simple solutions to very complex problems...