Word: roman
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...rein in his church's most visible theological dissidents. Among the prime targets: Hans Kung of West Germany and Edward Schillebeeckx of the Netherlands, who had challenged traditional dogmas about both the nature of Christ and the authority of bishops and priests. Kung was forbidden to teach as a Roman Catholic theologian, and Schillebeeckx's writings are still being examined. Last week the Vatican announced a disciplinary step against another scholar, Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff, 46, Brazil's leading advocate of liberation theology. It ordered him not to publish, lecture or edit religious journals for an unspecified period, presumably...
...Vatican has long been concerned about Boff's 1981 book, Church: Charism & Power, and last September he was summoned to Rome for interrogation. In a forceful March "notification," the Vatican rejected the book's Marxist- influenced examination of the Roman Catholic Church. Boff theorized about the sacraments as consumer products controlled by the bishops and priests. His ideas, said Rome, "endanger" the faith...
DIED. Philip Scharper, 65, editor in chief at Sheed & Ward (1957-69), then co-founder of Orbis Books, who brought U.S. readers the works of influential European and Third World Roman Catholic thinkers, including Hans Kung, Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, Liberation Theologians Leonardo Boff and Gustavo Gutierrez; following a stroke; in North Tarrytown...
...saddled for the marriage stakes. Bruce Springsteen, 35, is settling down with his sweetheart of six months, Julianne Phillips, 25, a model turned actress from Lake Oswego, Ore. He and the blue-eyed brunet beauty will wed this week in a nuptial Mass at her hometown church (both are Roman Catholics, neither has been married before). "We're very proud to have Bruce Springsteen in our family," bubbled the rocker's mother-in-law-to-be. "We just couldn't be happier." Sounds like your basic down-to-earth family wedding. Ah, but who will be the Boss at home...
Even on dry land his scowl could sink a ship. So Walter Matthau had no trouble at all swashbuckling himself into the character of the peg-legged Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red in Roman Polanski's Pirates. The idea of making a period film appealed to him because "I get to act instead of just being Walter Matthau." But apart from the acting, it has not been a barrel of yo- ho-hos. His beard itched for the first five months, dragging around in his 30-lb. costume has been a drudge, and the wooden leg is not exactly comfortable. Filming...