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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Furthermore, the concentration of power in Rome prevents individualism within the church by telling its members what they must believe about social issues. Any attempts at reform or modernization of the church are quickly suppressed. Furthermore, the church continues to enrage its members by covering up all evidence of possible wrong-doing by clergy members, including especially damning evidence of patterns of sexual harassment and abuse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Missing Sinead's Point | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...bishops can review what he calls "problem sections." Without such surgery, opponents imply, the new Mass may fail to win the necessary approval from the bishops conferences in English-speaking nations -- and the Vatican, which must also give its blessing. Mahony's conservatism is in tune with headquarters, and Rome would doubtless be relieved if he and his allies succeed in their resistance. "These gender-sensitive issues always seem to start in the U.S., but the U.S. does not represent the entire church," says a Vatican official -- a view that may say more about the masculine insularity of the Holy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Somewhat Less Fatherly God | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...Austro-Italian surveying team determined that the find was 92.6 m (101 yds.) inside Italian soil, namely the autonomous region of South Tyrol. The result has been a custody battle every bit as absurd as the bungled recovery effort. "Rome was ready to demand the body back immediately," explains a South Tyrolean scientist. "It was then that we in South Tyrol pointed out that this province has authority over its own culture and patrimony." Innsbruck, of course, wanted to keep the celebrated corpse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...Innsbruck scientists are hoping to conduct as much research as possible, while struggling with the costs of the Iceman's upkeep -- $10,000 a month. To help cover these expenses, they are charging high fees for photo opportunities and using profits from book sales and lecture tours. Rome hasn't made the research effort any easier. Authorities there, furious over the Iceman's mismanaged recovery, declared that the mummy is the archaeological equivalent of "a Leonardo" and warned that it should not be damaged "in any way." When Innsbruck sent out the snippets of flesh "no larger than a sweetening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead October 19, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 16 | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

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