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...finding a publisher for a first novel. A classic case involved The Layman in the Church, a collection of essays from Commonweal magazine that was published by Herder and Herder in 1962. Although the articles had caused no great stir when printed in magazine form, the late Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York refused to give his imprimatur; because Spellman said no, Herder and Herder was turned down by three other bishops - of Philadelphia, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa.-before getting approval from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Since then, Herder has followed the lead of another Catholic firm, Sheed...
...about one-fourth of the American hierarchy graduated from the Roman seminary. The path to promotion is also smoother for priests with a talent for chancery administration and charity work than for theologians or parish pastors. Serving an archbishop with considerable influence in Rome helps; at least 25 of Spellman's former assistants have been elevated to the rank of bishop. During the nine years that Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi-a notoriously conservative ecclesiastic-was apostolic delegate to the U.S., it did not pay for a priest to have too many imprudent ideas about church reform...
Last Saturday, T ended his program with a 10 minute cut from a Lenny Bruce tape. The monologue described Jesus and Moses coming down to earth one Sunday morning to hear "a double billing with Sheen and Spellman at St. Pats." They enter during the sermon and sit down at the rear of the Cathedral. Spellman directs Sheen to "put on the chorus for 10 minutes" and calls up Rome for instructions. "Don't look now," Sheen interrupts, but here come the lepers." The dialogue is at once screemingly funny and extremely offensive to the Church. It ends with Spellman...
Throughout the sequence, Uncle T listened with agitation. "The weird thing about this," he exclaimed, "is that Spellman just died. This is hitting 'em right in the face, and a lot of people really aren't going to digit. It's going to infuriate a lot of people...
...senses that infuriating people, especially square people is something T really enjoys. He predicted angry calls about the Spellman take-off, and seemed disappointed when none came...