Word: pastorale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was also a change in the leadership of the church in America. The old-fashioned autocratic Cardinals whose pride was in building new parishes and schools gradually gave way to men with a more pastoral, people-oriented outlook. Pope Paul is given much credit for orchestrating the change. He...
The new breed of bishops also has a strong sense of collegiality and a willingness to follow leadership regardless of rank. Bernardin and Roach, despite their relative youth, probably have more influence among their fellow prelates these days than do the Cardinals as a group Other emerging leaders in the...
The bellicose rhetoric of the Reagan campaign alarmed many bishops, who feared that the new Administration might blunder its way into nuclear war. Many bishops became more active in various antinuclear efforts. In November 1980, the bishops authorized the Bernardin committee to begin work on the pastoral letter. Pressed by...
At Vatican II, a coalition of U.S. and European bishops persuaded the council to accept, grudgingly, the idea of nuclear deterrence. The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, promulgated in 1965, declares: "Since the defensive strength of any nation is considered to be dependent upon its capacity...
The U.S. bishops' peace offensive began with a pastoral letter in 1976. It declared that modern conflict "is so savage that one must ask whether war as it is actually waged today can be morally justified." The bishops said that no Christians can "rightfully carry out orders or policies...