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Significantly, John Paul II emphasized "collegiality" and advocated "appropriate development" of the Synod of Bishops, now a powerless, muted body. Observers of the Polish church scene note that Wojtyla turned the meetings of Poland's bishops from a rubber stamp for Wyszynski into a collegial and more powerful voice of the church. In his own archdiocese, he sought priestly and lay involvement through an innovative "Pastoral Synod," a seven-year series of discussions on church affairs reminiscent of far more radical nationwide gatherings in Holland that were banned by the Vatican...
...imitated, he says. No other politician, except Teddy, can match the passion with which John and Bobby approached life, public and private. Maybe in the '80s a new breed of concerned and committed leaders will arise, in a new convulsion, with a new concern about the poor and the powerless in America. Maybe. But things just haven't been the same since that watershed year, 1968, when Bobby came so close, so very close...
...known to U.S. adversaries. But the other 10% were secret. "They'll be in danger," says one CIA official, who believes that the book may damage the agency's ability to function effectively overseas: "The friendly liaison services are nervous, the agents are falling off, and we're powerless to stop Agee." Dirty work, all around...
...been set as the deadline for Rhodesia's Parliament to elect the first head of state of an independent, majority-ruled Zimbabwe. Many whites believe that any election carried out under the present wartime conditions would be a farce. Although the black leaders in the interim government appear powerless to influence the guerrillas, they are still determined to keep to the transition schedule. Warned Muzorewa Aide George Nyandoro last week: "If the whites make any attempt to reverse the move toward independence, there will be a racial bloodbath...
...nuclear plant that has everybody powerless...