Word: rome
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...Western world had a different opinion of who was responsible. The left-of-center Rome daily La Repubblica summed up the reaction in the bold headline THE HAWKS OF MOSCOW HAVE WON! The West German tabloid Bild carried a similar refrain: HONECKER, NYET! Said a top-ranking U.S. official: "This has got to impress everyone in the East bloc. They all want more autonomy, but the message from Moscow is that there are limits...
...blessing, John Paul wagged his finger in Cardenal's face and chided him, "You must straighten out your position with the church." These episodes, and his own keen observations during an eight-day-long visit to Central America, made a lasting impression on the Pontiff. He returned to Rome convinced that the time had come to deal firmly with the increasing conflict between the church and radical priests and nuns in Latin America, and indeed in the Third World in general. Most of those priests and nuns, accompanied by flocks of Catholic laymen, march under the banner of liberation...
...decree is bound to disappoint and anger the leftist fringe of Roman Catholicism, especially in Latin America. It comes in the very week that Brazil's leading spokesman for liberation theology, Father Leonardo Boff, is due in Rome to undergo interrogation on his writings. The Vatican also faces a decision on what to do about the liberation-minded priests in Nicaragua, including Father Cardenal, who last week defied a church deadline for quitting government posts. The unusual haste with which the document was printed also indicates that John Paul wants to clear the air before next month, when...
...structure of the church. In one of the controversial passages, Boff writes that in the classic view "the churchgoer has nothing" while "the bishops and the priests received everything. It is true capitalism." As he explains to TIME, "The Vatican wants to centralize the church around the Pope and Rome. Liberation theology challenges that view, opting for a more decentralized church...
...Franciscan institute in Petropolis, claims backing from the progressive majority of Brazil's bishops and reports that 30 have already sent him letters of support. Aloisio Cardinal Lorscheider of Fortaleza, former president of the Latin America-wide bishops conference, may even sit at the defense table in Rome. But not all the Brazilian bishops are so sympathetic. Eugenio Cardinal de Araújo Sales of Rio de Janeiro, a leading conservative, warns that liberation theology "constitutes one of the gravest risks to the unity of pastors and the faithful...