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...submitted by priests and deanery councils. The liberals did not deny the claim, but attributed Simonis' second-place rankings to liberal vote splitting rather than real support for Simonis. The diocesan chapter rated Simonis eighth, thus putting him off their list of nominations to Rome. Archbishop Angelo Felici, papal pro-nuncio to The Netherlands, charged that the chapter list was "manipulated...
...survey of 2,400 baptized Catholics in 31 quarters of Rome, Jesuit Sociologist Emil Pin and lay Sociologist Dr. Cesare Cavallin, both of the Pontifical Gregorian University, tested, among other things, the acceptance of eleven Catholic dogmas. They found that papal infallibility ran a poor last: only 38.7% of the Romans accepted it. Belief in the existence of a hell for unrepentant sinners fared better (53.7%). Belief in the divinity of Christ was high (79.9%) and in the existence of God highest...
...noted Paul. "And what does he say? Why does he come? To sum it up in one word: love. Christ is a teacher, a shepherd, and a loving redeemer for China too. The church cannot leave unsaid this good word: love, which will be forever." When the papal jet touched down in Rome last Saturday, that was the message that remained behind...
Unwitting Help. Criticism of the trip started with Sydney's Anglican Archbishop Marcus Loane, who announced in October that he would not attend an ecumenical service with the Pope; Loane cited such doctrinal differences as papal infallibility to explain his refusal. A columnist in Turin's La Stampa criticized the Dacca stop, arguing that the papal visit would pull needed men and equipment off relief operations. A Catholic monthly in Colombo asked whether papal visits "help clarify fundamental issues or mystify them," pointing out that the Pontiff could give equally impassioned speeches in "racist Portugal" and in "underdeveloped...
...light of such criticism, Mendoza may have unwittingly helped the papal cause with his abortive assassination attempt. As most such attempts do, it focused both attention and sympathy on the intended victim-in this case a frail, determined man who means somehow to be a leader in an increasingly disjointed world. His exhortations on peace and international generosity seem to have borne little fruit, and he apparently hopes that his own concerned presence may somehow make his message mean more...