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...Since when is the killing of innocent babies immoral only in the eyes of Roman Catholics? When vetoing the New York abortion law repeal, Governor Rockefeller remarked: "I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society." His gratuitous statement is a slur not only on Roman Catholics but also on all people of compassion-Protestants, Jews, and those of no particular faith -who saw the present New York State abortion law for what it really is: legalized murder...
Pope Paul VI, who has strongly urged all Roman Catholic bishops to retire at 75, turns 75 himself in September. In April, when Italian newspapers were speculating that Paul might be the first Pope in modern history to resign the Pontiff gave a talk to some nuns in which he was quoted as saying "I do not want to give up the papacy." Apparently it was felt that so bald an avowal gave too much recognition to the possibility of retirement. The Vatican has just released a tape of the wistful words Paul really uttered: "It would be beautiful...
...Compared with roughly 1,000,000 other Soviet Protestants, 3,000,000 Roman Catholics, and 50 million Russian Orthodox...
...political power of the church. He promptly penned a poem about the experience and had it hawked in the very street where he was taking his punishment. A similar entrepreneurial taint clouds Alvarez's effort. He makes a fine brisk guide to changing historic attitudes toward suicide: Roman Stoics practiced it gladly; romantic poets preached it madly; the early Christians pursued de facto suicide by avidly seeking martyrdom, until in A.D. 412 Saint Augustine declared the act a mortal sin. Alvarez also offers a fascinating chronicle of literary figures who espoused, contemplated or tried suicide-Montaigne, John Donne, Cowper...
...jokes also occur in historical settings. Below decks in a Roman galley, for instance, the slave master addresses the slaves chained to their oars: "Slaves, the good news is that at the next port there will be food and grog for everyone. The bad news is that this afternoon the captain wants to go water skiing...