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...major problem is papal infallibility, which Orthodoxy holds is a divine gift to the church, not to one prelate. Another is the existence of dogmas-such as the Marian Assumption and Immaculate Conception-that have been irrevocably defined by Rome but remain merely "pious beliefs" in the East. Other disputed doctrinal issues are the Roman belief in purgatory, which Orthodoxy denies, and the Catholic refusal to permit remarriage after divorce on grounds of adultery...
Perhaps the Pope suspected that his simple "pious journey" to the shrines commemorating events in Jesus' life might turn into the kind of ordeal usually reserved for Hollywood stars and winning politicians. In preparation for the trip, he canceled most of his public appearances last week, spent three prayerful days in retreat. On the day of his flight to Jordan, he rose before dawn to meditate and celebrate Mass. By 7:30, he had said his farewell to the cardinals of the Roman Curia, and settled down in his black Mercedes limousine for the 16-mile trip to Leonardo...
Founded in France in 1946 by Armand Marquiset, a rich Catholic nobleman, the Little Brothers came to Chicago four years ago, have successfully tested their technique of "luxurious charity" in several French cities and in Montreal, Naples and Casablanca. The 50 permanent members of this "pious union," who get financial and other aid from 1,000 associate and auxiliary members, are all Catholic laymen, although they take monastic vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They also have to become master chefs during their novitiate, and many have been trained by Paris' famed Cordon Bleu cooking school...
...Pious Coup. But his greatest coup was driving the Government out of the fur business entirely. Since the turn of the century, Government posts had been trading for furs at far more generous prices than Astor was prepared to pay. With the aid of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, he argued successfully that private enterprise was being threatened, and Congress ordered the Government out of the fur trade. Benton was on Astor's payroll as a "legal representative...
Better Off in a Stable. Smit, an Evangelical minister turned Roman Catholic, argues that the birth of Christ in dire poverty and in the dead of winter is just pious nonsense. By the standards of his time, Joseph was comfortably middleclass: the reason he went from Nazareth to Bethlehem-probably several months before Jesus' birth-was that he had property in Bethlehem and owed taxes to the Roman authorities there...