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...obvious target for Republican criticism in the next Congress. Just as clearly, the Navy's delicate handling of the case showed its reluctance to implicate any highly placed Vietnamese officials who might have a more lucrative interest in logistics. As for Jannie Suen, Captain Kuntze's original sin, naval intelligence solemnly reported that she had disappeared without trace...
...Roman Catholic Church has modified its position. It is not unusual these days to give a suicide a proper Roman Catholic funeral and a consecrated grave, on the ground "that his demented soul did not possess sufficient freedom of will for his heinous deed to constitute a mortal sin...
...precisely a genuine act of mortification. Dispensations to soldiers, travelers and the sick have been freely given by the church, and in much of Europe the practice has been observed by hardly anyone but the clergy. While declaring that abstinence was no longer binding under pain of sin, the bishops urged the faithful to preserve the custom, particularly during the Lenten season, as "an outward sign of inward spiritual values...
...demands of responsible parenthood. By this standard, which is close to present-day Protestant moral teaching, the reason for practicing birth control, rather than the means, would become the key point: a couple who used rhythm to avoid having a child for selfish reasons might be judged guilty of sin...
Birth or Original Sin," says Langdon Gilkey of the University of Chicago Divinity School. "They're discussing the existence of God. And if there's no God, you don't have to argue about any of the other doctrines." The big concern of still others is the social role of the church. More important than questioning old dogma, says the World Council of Churches' Albert van den Heuvel, is the task of creating a new Christian ethic that can adequately deal with such mammoth issues as world hunger, racial equality...