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...Dutiful Shepherd. Though the referendum is a first step toward ending the junta's hold on Greece, the next move is nowhere in sight. Under the new constitution, elections may not be held without the presence in Greece of King Constantine, who spent his first summer in exile aimlessly resort-hopping in Italy and Sardinia. Few Greeks expect the government to allow him to return soon, and Papadopoulos last week brusquely refused to set a date for elections. The Premier made it clear that he was in no hurry to return Greece to the perils of democracy. "We intend...
...sort of man to be a combat general. Dour, shy, peering at the world through sedate, rimless glasses, he looked more like a college president or a banker. His voice was soft, his language reserved. A small measure of the man was his constant companion, a big, silver German shepherd named King, who had been sent to Viet Nam as a sentry dog but had proved too tame for the task...
Catholics are no longer sheep who can be taken by their shepherd through any gate, without question, terrified by the menace of being burned as heretics. There are people who think like the Pope, and nobody stops them from having as many children as they want, or making of their love something like a medicine, given by doses in a certain amount and at a certain time...
Modest Retreat. "I have enjoyed everything a rich woman can have in life," Madame De Maria announced after a visit. "And all I desire now is a modest retreat where I can read and reflect. I'd like to be able to chat with a shepherd in a field at sundown and munch hard-boiled eggs." With that, she asked the town fathers to let her pay for the restoration of Bargème's ruins and take up residence in the town...
...concept of collegiality, approved by Vatican II, under which bishops and cardinals can more fully share power with the Pope. Paul also expressed the hope that "Christians who are not yet in full communion of the one only Church will one day be reunited in one flock with one shepherd only"-a statement that was no comfort to the ecumenical movement...