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...police seemed tamer and less visible. Though hedged with restrictions, demonstrations could be held without being put to rout by police dogs, shock troops and water cannon, which used to be the rule. Controversy found its voice, as in the case of Father José da Felicidade, a parish priest who demands the "deStalinization" of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal...
FRED N., 35, is a regional-sales representative in California. He was educated at Roman Catholic schools from first grade through college. He and his wife Cathy, 31, are regular worshipers at their parish church; their three daughters attend its parochial school; one young son is still at home. Convinced that they cannot afford to have more children, Fred and Cathy for the past few years have practiced birth control. Otherwise, they are loyal Catholics-and typical in their disaffection from what they feel are the church's outdated ways, in their hopes for further renewal...
...TAKE OFF your shoes and socks and leave them in the hall," the sign read. Inside, in the assembly hall of the Christ Church parish house, a tall man with gray hair was blowing up an enormous white balloon--at least six feet in diameter--with an air pump. His name was Ted Moynihan, and he wore black leotards...
...Loeb, complacent with the truisms of Brecht, and satiated with the Living Theater, are about to be kicked back to consciousness. If you were in Chicago or Newark or Watts, you probably know what Riot is. If you weren't, you'd better get to the First Parish Church this week...
...particularly for those churches which emphasize lay authority, is that the majority of white congregations still tend to be reluctant to accept a black minister in the pulpit, even when a well-qualified one is available. As a result, many Negro clergymen are turning away from the goal of parish-level integration and are focusing their attention on the revitalization of all-black congregations...