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...college for German seminarians. Scores of cardinals and bishops from Germany, France, Africa and Latin America made pilgrimages there for theological advice. Theologians visited to discuss the issues and events of the council with the sad-eyed, soft-spoken man who occupied the room. He was Karl Rahner, 58, whom many eminent Roman Catholic thinkers regard as the most profound and most exciting theologian their church has produced in the 20th century...
...Arcs. Nor did Cardinal Ottaviani have any luck in battles outside the council. Last week, he asked Pope John XXIII to order Austria's liberal Jesuit Theologian Karl Rahner out of Rome, and to censure the Jesuit-run Biblical Institute (which by its existence implies critical study of the Scriptures). The Pope's answer quickly spread through Vatican circles: "It is only recently that I have learned of this attack on the Biblical Institute," he told Ottaviani. "Why didn't you let me know sooner? As far as Father Rahner is concerned, I have not been shown...
...nearby cinema houses fingered the rosy sky over Hollywood Boulevard. On the hotel roof, ignoring a milling throng of spiritualists, magicians, newshawks, cameramen and gawpers, a plump, white-haired woman walked down a length of red plush carpet on the arm of a bearded man. Beatrice Wilhelmina Rahner Houdini and her business manager, Magician Edward Saint, seated themselves on thronelike chairs before a red-draped table. On the table lay a silver bell, a trumpet, a pair of handcuffs, a small shrine containing a photograph of the late Harry Houdini. This Halloween was the tenth anniversary of Harry Houdini...