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She is one of Michigan's most respected Roman Catholic nuns. She is also head of the state's department of social services, which spends more than $5 million a year on Medicaid abortions. Obedient to the teachings of her church, Sister Agnes Mary Mansour believes abortion is sinful. She...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Nun vs. the Archbishop | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

The trouble with all this worldly success is that its recipient, Father Andrew M. (for Moran) Greeley, 54, is a Roman Catholic priest. It is not so much the money that disturbs his critics: diocesan priests do not take a vow of poverty. The sticking point is the novels themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Luck of Andrew Greeley | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

In the speech John Paul did not repeat his well-known view that any use of artificial birth control by married couples is sinful. Instead he spoke of "the spread of a contraceptive . . . mentality," referring to the unwillingness of couples to have children.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Pope's Triumph in Britain | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

LIBERATION THEOLOGY'S tenets may indicate the direction in which Graham's thought is evolving. As he said during his Kennedy School lecture, he is still grappling with the question of corporate sin--the sinful system, as opposed to the immoral individual. Answering one question about world poverty, he said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Homage to Pilgrimage | 4/24/1982 | See Source »

"With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt," says Leviticus 2:13. Because of its use as a preservative, salt became a token of permanence to the Jews of the Old Testament. Its use in Hebrew sacrifices as a meat purifier came to signify the eternal covenant between God and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: History According to Salt | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

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