Word: paule
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Paul A. Thornton, U.S.A.F. Omaha...
...ceiling on the national debt at the eleventh hour, allowing the Treasury to pay its bills. "This is the slowest Congress I can remember," says Illinois Congressman John Anderson, an 18-year Republican veteran. "The activity on the floor has been almost nil." Says Nevada's G.O.P. Senator Paul Laxalt: "It's just been eerie around here...
Last week Pope John Paul II stated in the strongest possible terms that the tradition, dating back 16 centuries, will continue throughout his pontificate. The celibacy rule, he declared, "constitutes a characteristic, a peculiarity, and a heritage of the Latin Catholic Church, a tradition to which she owes much and in which she is resolved to persevere, in spite of all the difficulties ... and in spite of the various symptoms of weakness and crisis in individual priests...
...words came in the customary papal message to priests upon their Holy Thursday renewal of vows, but to Vatican watchers the occasion was anything but routine. Along with the 8,000-word statement on the priesthood, two chapters of which were a virtual mini-encyclical on celibacy, John Paul issued a 1,600-word letter to the world's bishops, exhorting them to make certain that priests follow his teachings. Only the Vatican has the power to release a priest from his vows. During John Paul's half year as Pope, the Vatican has received more than...
...John Paul's view, men spend years preparing to take vows, and once they have done so, that commitment should be indissoluble. He spoke of "the inner maturity" and "personal dignity" of "keeping one's promise to Christ, made through a conscious and free commitment to celibacy for the whole of one's life." A priest, he then added, should not seek an "administrative" remedy, as though a matter of conscience were not involved...