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Preus has had to buck a strong religious trend. Most mainstream U.S. Protestants-and even many Roman Catholics-nowadays tolerate a wide diversity of theological opinion, and until Preus' election in 1969, the Missouri...
...rosy Roman sky last week, 359 prostrate men in cream and gold vestments formed a vast rectangle in St. Peter's Square, participants in the largest group ordination in Vatican history. It was held on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, presided over by the man who a dozen years ago this day had ascended Peter's chair and assumed Paul's name. The litany over, the new priests-Africans, Asians, Oceanians, Europeans and Americans-rose two by two and approached the throne for the personal blessing of Pope Paul...
...Meeting. The newest crisis grew out of three issues: 1) the seizure by leftist printers of the Socialist newspaper República, which reopened briefly last week only to be closed again; 2) a takeover by workers of Rádio Renascença, the official station of the Roman Catholic Church, which led to violence between Catholic and anticlerical demonstrators; 3) a bid by the Socialists to turn the new Constituent Assembly into a more formal parliament; that move was opposed by the Communists because their representation, based on their 12.5% showing in April's elections, would...
Three major branches of world Christendom have held out against ordaining women to full clergy rank: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism. The Anglicans have been wrestling over the issue, however, and last week the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada (membership: 1 million) voted overwhelmingly to allow female priests. The breakthrough in Canada is bound to make waves in other provinces of the Anglican Communion, notably the U.S. Episcopal Church, which is deep in an emotionally charged debate over women priests and faces a decision on the matter at its convention next year...
...Roman Catholic Church faces a shortage of new priests, and Jewish seminaries are just managing to catch up with the demand for rabbis. Yet at many Protestant seminaries across the nation, this year's graduating seniors are finding that even though jobs are available, the clerical market is showing signs of softening. Not too long ago, many newly minted ministers could expect to pick and choose among "calls" from four or five churches. Now they are receiving fewer offers and having to campaign more aggressively even for what were once considered less desirable positions: assistantships or pastorates at small...