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Cardinal Medieros simply responded to the protests surrounding the ousting by saying he had the right to appoint "any priest to any position I see fit" and that, "the laity does not have a say in the appointment of priests and it will be a sad day when they do." His actions, however, carried ramifications far beyond mere clerical appointments. For the leftist leanings of the H-R ministry were in constant friction with Church superiors and its termination is symptomatic of a swing in the Catholic Church from a tolerance of the more radical activist posture of the late...
Even the way that Ronan and Powers describe their ministry differs drastically from Griffin's reflection on his role. Both exude a deep introspection and piety reminiscent of the traditional parish priest. Ronan speaks of the "challenge of the tremendous scope of the vineyard at Harvard" and of her "constant concern with outreach and touching the lives of the students here...
While in jail, Berrigan exchanged letters with Arupe, who is based in Rome. Toward the end of Berrigan's confinement, the superior-general travelled to the United States to visit the priest. "The superior blessed me and was extremely supportive of my actions. I was very grateful," Berrigan reports...
...priest said that the need for the Church kitchen had increased greatly in the past year, and that many undernourished children could not be fed due to a lack of money. He added that doctors had examined the children currently in the program--the ones we saw--and discovered that 60 per cent of them had suffered irreversible brain damage because of malnutrition...
January 18--Today we visted one of the soup kitchens set up by the Catholic Church in Santiago's slums to feed the small children. We got there for lunch and our guide, a young French priest, introduced us to the 60 or so kids there by asking them to say hello to "our foreign friends." They looked up from their plates of corn soup and sang out their hellos with big smiles. I thought I was going...