Word: papally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fealty has become the focus of the recent struggle by more liberal Jesuits against conservatives in the Vatican and in the Society. Last week the delegates to an unusual General Congregation* that is charting the controversial future course of the Jesuits voted to change policy on the papal vow-an act that violated the express wishes of the Pope...
...authority and its image have lost ground. In 1963, a solid 70% thought that it was "certainly true" that Jesus handed over the leadership of his church to Peter; ten years later that proportion had fallen to 42%. Only 32% of Catholics now subscribe fully to the dogma of papal infallibility. The old fascination with religious vocations has also dimmed. A decade ago, two-thirds of the respondents said that they would be very pleased if their son became a priest. Now only half of those queried feel the same...
...Holy Years in 1300; eventually they came to be celebrated fairly regularly every 25 years. As in past Holy Years, pilgrims to Rome who visit St. Peter's and three other basilicas-St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls-will receive a papal plenary indulgence: full remission of any temporal punishment (i.e., time in purgatory) they may have earned for their sins. The influx of tourists-at least 4 million are predicted-could be a mixed blessing for Italy. It is bound to help the country's disastrous balance of payments deficit...
...moment, one of Pope Paul Vl's usually sedate audiences became a papal powwow. Among a group of 250 Gaylord, Mich., Catholics visiting the Pontiff at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo last week were four Ottawa Indians outfitted in full tribal regalia. The four presented Paul with an Ottawa war bonnet, which he obligingly put on. Then one of the Indians, Alvina Anderson, proposed a quid pro quo. "I asked the Pope to pray for peace be tween the U.S. and the Indians," she said later. "I told him that the U.S. had not honored...
...document said to be in the works at the Vatican is expected to broaden the conclave of papal electors to include others besides cardinals: probably patriarchs of the Eastern Rite churches and perhaps representatives of the international Synod of Bishops. What is more, the traditionally "secret" conclave may be somewhat more open, with the voting prelates no longer locked up in the Vatican for the duration of the balloting...