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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ROSEMARY'S BABY. Under the direction of Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow gives a shivering performance as the put-upon heroine, in the film version of Ira Levin's bestseller about devil worship and other naughtiness on Manhattan's West Side...
...churches, asked: "Why is all this control from the top necessary? There has never yet been an organization that, given power, didn't use it. This is no less than incipient dictatorship." Another dissident, the Rev. Rex Miller of Jewell, Kans., complained that "at a time when the Roman Catholic Church is loosening the bonds of its hierarchy, we find ourselves putting them...
Britain's 26 Roman Catholic bishops produced an artfully worded document that stressed obedience to the Pope's decree but also had kind words for those who cannot accept its teachings. The bishops cautioned that "if we are to neglect the guidance of the church, morality could easily become merely subjective. That would be disastrous." They also affirmed that "neither this encyclical nor any other document of the church takes away from us our right and duty to follow our conscience." They noted the dilemma of "faithful couples" who cannot easily support another child, and of wives whose...
...come to pass that one of the best-known and most creative theologians in the Roman Catholic Church will have to stand trial for doctrinal error, an accusation not far short of heresy. Dominican Father Edward Schillebeeckx, the principal theological adviser to the Dutch hierarchy, has been under investigation by Rome. According to a Vatican source, the charges concern "certain apparent errors in his teachings and writings, aspects of which do not seem to conform to norms established by the church...
...year history of the modern Olympic Games has another country managed to win more gold medals than the U.S. That event last occurred at Rome in 1960, when the Russians collected 43 to the Americans' 34 by scoring heavily in such events as gymnastics, Greco-Roman wrestling and canoeing. No such upset is likely in the 1968 Olympics, which begin next week in Mexico City. Though the competition will be tougher than ever, with a record 7,226 athletes from 119 countries, U.S prospects have never looked brighter, particularly in the major Olympic sports-track and field, and swimming...