Word: pastoralizing
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...Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Haiti, John Paul was visiting nations torn by insurrection and political change. Each faction on the ideological spectrum would examine his every utterance, hoping to find an endorsement of its political views. But first and foremost John Paul had come as a pastor, offering instruction, strength and solace to his Central American flock of 25 million Roman Catholics...
...pastor concerned with the spiritual welfare of the faithful, the Pope had also come to reprove and correct the wayward. He had harsh words for Christians in Nicaragua who have tried to forge a new church compatible with the aims of the avowedly Marxist Sandinista government and rebuked clergy who have neglected their priestly office to serve the state. Angered that no cross was placed at the site of an outdoor Mass in Managua, he deliberately held his own staff, tipped with a cross, high above the heads of Sandinista leaders seated on the platform. As John Paul delivered...
...accord." As the Pope passed the city's cathedral, he made a surprise visit to the tomb of Archbishop Romero and praised his example. "I would hope that his memory be always respected," he emphasized, "and that no ideological interest would try to exploit his sacrifice as pastor leading his flock...
Guernsey and Frederick Reisz, pastor of the church where the shelter is, worked together to make Guernsey's proposal of a shelter a reality. Reisz presented the idea before the church committee, which gave its permission to open the shelter Since then, the shelter has received donations of bedding, food, and time from the 40 to 60 people who have expressed interest in staffing the shelter...
...interview yesterday afternoon. Vellucci said he had decided not to take any action against the church. "If Pastor Reisz is going to open his doors to the homeless, then I'm going to have to be on his side. There were no by-laws when God created the world, no Cambridge or Harvard University," said the mayor...