Word: ottaviani
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...upsurge in quasi-religious activities." At any rate, the possibilities of additional religious games are intriguing. There might be Inquisition, for instance, in which the loser would go directly to hell and bypass purgatory. Or, in a more contemporary vein, there might be Vatican Council ("Don't Cross Ottaviani") or Encyclical ("Congratulations! You have planned your family well and are entitled to one bonus baby...
...months ago, and its negative judgment was not unexpected. Despite strong protests to the Pope since then by leading European prelates, it was modified only slightly. During its preparation, said Vatican sources, Paul relied heavily on the advice of three exceptionally conservative prelates of the Roman Curia: Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, 77, the retired former chief of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith; Paris-born Archbishop Paul Phillipe, secretary of the congregation; and Bishop Carlo Colombo of Milan, Paul's personal theological adviser...
...more notable retiree is Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, 77, the near-blind head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the church's chief agency for rooting out heresy. Although a kindly man in person, Ottaviani was a symbol of repressive Catholic conservatism and a leader of the stand-fast minority at the Second Vatican Council. Ottaviani's successor is Yugoslavia's Franjo Cardinal Seper, 62, the Archbishop of Zagreb. As his country's unofficial primate since 1960, Seper (pronounced "shaper") has pursued a course of accommodation with Tito; at the recent Synod of Bishops...
...Joining Ottaviani in retirement is Arcadio Cardinal Larraona, 80, the traditionalist head of the Congregation of Rites. At the same time, Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, 76, the Archbishop of Bologna, resigned his additional duty as head of the Council-created consilium for liturgical reform-thereby allowing the Pope to combine the two overlapping jobs and give them to another non-Italian: Benno Cardinal Gut, 70, a Swiss Benedictine abbot who favors more changes in the Mass...
...five-year term of office takes effect next January, the present curial officials must be newly approved by the Pope. This would give him a chance to ease some of the old guard out. In fact, there is already heavy pressure on at least four, including Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, 76, and Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo, 90, to step clown. Pizzardo has served since...