Word: rome
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...most strategic centers in Asia and to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Roman Catholicism in Korea. The influence of Christian churches in South Korea was evident on Sunday when, right after the "shooting" scare, the Pope presided over rites canonizing 103 martyrs, the first such group ceremony outside of Rome. The new saints were killed under 19th century monarchs of the Yi dynasty, who suppressed what was then a tiny, alien sect. The site of the canonization Mass, Seoul's Yoido Plaza, is usually reserved for the May 8 observance of Buddha's birthday. But since the Catholics...
...clear whether C.U.F.'s campaign had any direct impact on the Vatican's decision. Rome insists not. "The notion that we are subject to lobbying smacks of a U.S. political mentality, which does not apply here," sniffed one Curia official. What does apply, of course, is the wishes of Pope John Paul II, who wants the teachings of the post-Vatican II church expressed clearly and uniformly. A new code of canon law, enacted last November, limits the requirement for an imprimatur to texts used in teaching. Catholic theologians, including those in the clergy, are thus freer...
...means of limiting what the faithful were permitted to read, faded away during and after the Second Vatican Council. Now, however, there are small signs that the pendulum is swinging back slightly. No flames of outright censorship are visible, but a purifying heat seems to be coming out of Rome. For the first time in 17 years, two books, one of them the bestselling adult catechism in English and the other a lesser-known theological work used mainly in seminaries, have had their ecclesiastical stamp of approval revoked...
...book his imprimatur (Latin for "let it be printed"), which signified his judgment that the book was theologically sound. But as a spokesman for Hunthausen put it last week, "the archbishop had one notion of what imprimatur meant and the Holy See understood something else." At the order of Rome's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the imprimatur has been lifted. The move had symbolic import, but no actual censorship effect since church officials did not impose a ban on the work's distribution by the Paulist Press, its Catholic publisher...
...knew him by his middle name, frequently had to soothe him: "Now, Wayne, keep your shirt on." Clark was often mired in controversy. His attempt to cross the heavily defended Rapido River failed dismally, costing 1,681 casualties in three days. Critics also faulted him for his drive on Rome, contending that he might have destroyed the German army if he had chased the foe instead of the glory of being the first Allied commander to enter the Eternal City. He was blamed as well for the destruction of the famed Benedictine monastery atop Monte Cassino, although he vehemently opposed...