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...statement, which is not a papal encyclical but simply an advisory document put out by the Church's Pontifical Commission on Peace and Justice at the Pope's request, condemns South Africa by name for its apartheid system. It also calls on the South African regime to overcome the prejudices which motivate it so it may "build the future on the principle of the equal dignity of every person...
...declaration criticized, besides the papal appointments, the Pontiff's teachings and his attempts to control scholars. "When the Pope does that which is not part of his office, he cannot, in the name of catholicity, demand obedience," stated the lengthy text. The Vatican Curia was also accused of aggravating "conflicts in the church by means of rigid discipline." The clergy and lay theologians were especially vexed by the Pontiff's treatment of the birth-control ban as one of the "fundamental pillars of Christian teaching," maintaining that it is supported by neither the Bible nor church tradition...
...Sistine ceiling. The text is being rewritten. Now Rome has another reason to be vexed, this time by the words of one of its favored churchmen. In a TV show on AIDS, the leading figure of the church in France, Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, generally considered a pro-papal conservative, dutifully defended the church's moral tenets. But then Lustiger, who was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II in 1981, added that those "who carry the virus and cannot live in chastity ((should)) use the proposed methods." That clearly meant condoms, though Lustiger did not utter...
Such protesters feel that the special nature of Catholic colleges resides more in the promotion of spiritual values generally than in strict adherence to papal guidelines. Says Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly, president of the College of New Rochelle, a women's school in New York: "If the religious nature of an institution were had only in a theology course, that would be pretty thin." Sister Dorothy Ann's college, for instance, encourages a commitment to social justice through a variety of volunteer programs and by example: it maintains satellite campuses in Harlem and the South Bronx for older women...
Botha ordered 100 lunches and several bottles of South African wine for the papal entourage and settled back to discuss the latest developments in southern Africa. While he and the Pope chatted, government officials hastily arranged for a motorcade to take the papal party on the 300-mile journey to Lesotho, a black-ruled kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. "We consider it a privilege to assist the Holy Father," said an obviously elated Botha. "We are known for our hospitality...