Word: pastorale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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On John Paul's mind is one disturbing fact about the U.S. church: it is losing some of its most dedicated workers. Over the past 17 years the ranks of U.S. nuns have declined by 61,000, to 121,000, and the number of priests has barely grown despite...
Yet despite what Roach described as an era of "occasional misunderstandings, misperceptions and tensions," many theologians detect a new vitality and dynamism in the U.S. church, typified by the bishops' pastoral letter this year condemning the nuclear arms race. Asserts Father Carl Peter of Catholic University, a member of...
Not many geldings see a pastoral ending, but the ones that earn $1,977,896 do.
DIED. Terence Cardinal Cooke, 62, Archbishop of New York; of acute myelomonoblastic leukemia; in New York City. The genial, owlish New York native succeeded his mentor, the commanding Francis Cardinal Spellman, and quickly adopted a more conciliatory managerial style, in keeping with the decentralizing principles of Vatican II. An anti...
If you are willing to be totally irrational for a few hours some day, Blue Pastoral can be a great deal of fun. But don't be surprised if you need a cool drink after hurling the book across the room.