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...news of the death of Pope Paul VI sent the Catholic world into nine days of traditional mourning, members of the Harvard community yesterday praised the late Pontiff as a moderate reformer who tried to awaken the Roman Catholic Church to social issues without permanently dividing it along political lines...
...next Pope will probably be a moderate reformer like Paul, rather than a member of either the extreme liberal or conservative wings of the Church, Powers said. The new Pontiff "must be sensitive to many different elements within the Church," he added...
...John Lateran to honor the man who had been Italy's Premier five times. While hundreds of Italian leaders, including Communist Party Boss Enrico Berlinguer, and representatives of 100 countries stood in hushed silence, Pope Paul VI devoted a special prayer to his personal friend, Aldo Moro. The Pontiff asked "that our heart may be able to forgive the unjust and moral outrage inflicted on this dearest...
...this very moment, a gang of fellow travelers in the Sacred College of Cardinals is laying plans to elect a Pope who is soft on Communism. After the election the new Pontiff will sell out the Western democracies. (Who more appropriate than Cardinals to say better Red than dead?) After Pope Paul dies, they nearly elect their man, but then ... If that grabs you, read on in The Final Conclave by Malachi Martin (Stein...
...Catholics too militantly press the case for a new social and economic order. In El Salvador, for example, two priests were killed and others were threatened with assassination by government-allied right-wing terrorists for espousing redistribution of property. According to Latin American experts in the Vatican, the Pontiff welcomed the zeal for social change that followed Medellin, but now feels that the emphasis has become too political. He wants the church to help correct social injustice without prescribing any single political approach for Catholics to follow...