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...Piety based on error is indefensible," says Father John Lawrence McKenzie, and the error that he refers to is the fundamentalist misreading of Scripture. A witty and outspoken Jesuit scholar from Indiana, McKenzie considers it his right and duty to set his fellow churchmen straight about the Bible, which was not open to critical study by Roman Catholics until Pius XII encouraged it in his 1943 encyclical on Scriptural studies. In so doing, McKenzie, at 55, has become the nation's most controversial and quotable Catholic theologian-perhaps because there is all of a sudden so much...
...Vietnam situation is tainted by the fact that Paris has "old axes to grind" in that region.) If the war were to grow appreciably larger, dragging in China and placing severe strains on Russia, Lord Harlech believes the climate in Britain would quickly change from passive uneasiness to outspoken opposition. He does not, however, think such escalation is in the cards. China, Lord Harlech contends, would have to be pushed very hard before entering. A U.S. land invasion of North Vietnam or air strikes on Chinese bases would probably be required. The Chinese, be feels, realize that American air power...
...simple fact that he is a Negro is enough to ensure that Bill Russell will be a controversial coach. Russell would be controversial in any color. Often arrogant, usually angry, always outspoken, he is a born boat rocker-"all hung up," in the words of his close friend and archrival, Wilt Chamberlain. He named his four-year-old daughter Kenyatta after Jomo Kenyatta, the onetime Mau Mau leader and current President of Kenya. He has called pro basketball "a child's game," insisted that "it isn't incumbent upon me to set a good example for anybody...
...very days last week when official church celebrations got under way in those two cities. Trains to Czestochowa will be sporadic at best; many roads will be "under repair." The government has launched a massive propaganda campaign to discredit the church, calling Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, its tough, outspoken leader, a neo-fascist and a friend of Germany. Posters showing Nazi war crimes in Poland are going up everywhere, sarcastically captioned: "Grant and beg forgiveness"-a quote from the letter sent by Polish prelates last fall inviting German bishops to Czestochowa in a gesture of reconciliation. As an added touch...
...risky for a star to be so outspoken about political and military affairs? Pshaw, says Vaughn. "I've had nothing but encouragement from my friends in the industry, from the studio, even the network...