Word: pontiff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complex, fascinating brothers took their achievements lightly. In Rome to be honored by Pius XII, Ronald chat ted amiably with the Pontiff about the Loch Ness monster. When Edmund, in his 70s, was asked to write his autobiography, he declined, but suggested a title: Must We Have Lives? Penelope, happily, decided that they must. - Mayo Mohs
During the Synod, backroom talk about who should succeed Pope Paul appeared to be virtually nonexistent, perhaps because the Pontiff, who turned 80 in September, looked so vigorous while celebrating a mid-Synod Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Still, the 1977 Synod may play a role in papal politics. Of the 117 voting members of the College of Cardinals?which only meets to elect a new pope?51 were Synod delegates. Thus the Synod provided an opportunity for nearly half of the papal electors to observe one another in action for weeks. Given Paul's age, the 1977 meeting...
Earlier, as the Pontiff entered St. Peter's Basilica, borne on a swaying chair, a choir of 10,000 voices performed. TV arc lights played across the colors of African robes and Asian pantaloons in the packed congregation. Paul sought no assistance as he rose from the papal throne and lifted the host and chalice. But his hands trembled visibly and he walked to the altar with a slow, painful shuffle caused by his arthritis. To symbolize his years, Paul personally gave Communion to 80 people...
Apart from the suspension, the Pope has treated Lefebvre with considerable restraint, even tenderness. In a poignant note in French, handwritten in Rome two weeks before the Lille Mass, the Pontiff addressed the erring bishop as "our venerated brother," urged him to reconsider "the insupportable irregularity of your present position" and "break the illogical bonds which make you alien and hostile to the church." The letter apparently affected the intransigent archbishop very little. Last week in Lille he told reporters that he did not feel at all isolated. "I am with 20 centuries of the church," he declared confidently...
...more than a year, Eucharistic Congress planners, whose publicity budget alone ran to $296,000, had spread expectations that Pope Paul VI would appear, only to announce as the event drew near that the pontiff, at age 78, was too infirm to hazard the trip. (He had attended previous congresses in India and Colombia but missed the most recent one, in Australia.) But, in fact, the Pope's decision was largely political. For one thing, the pontiff was wary of the partisan overtones of visiting the U.S. during an election year and being greeted by President Ford. Instead...