Word: popes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pope John Paul II Sings at the Festival of Sacrosong
...said the MBTA handled crowds during Pope John Paul II's visit in October efficiently "because the emphasis was on moving the people rather than on watching the budget...
Last week's "plenary meeting" in fact restored an ancient practice. Under Pope Leo IV (847-855), Cardinals began frequent administrative sessions that grew more important in church government. Then, in 1588, Pope Sixtus V, to increase his personal power and cope with a growing work load, established the various departments of the Vatican Curia. Meetings of all the Cardinals soon died out-except for papal elections and ceremonial occasions, known as "consistories," to install Cardinals and name new saints...
...boards of various Curia offices. But a dozen or so Cardinals, all of whom live in Rome, have overwhelming influence through multiple membership on such boards. Regular gatherings of the entire college will give added power to the 72% of Cardinals who now live outside Rome, and provide the Pope with leverage against the Curial establishment...
John Paul obviously intends to be the first truly collegial Pope in modern history...