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...conversation had lagged last week at the New York Hilton Hotel, where the Salvation Army in nonsectarian generosity honored Francis Cardinal Spellman, hosts and guests could have turned to a subject of mutual interest: sales of Listerine antiseptic. Listerine at a religious convocation? Why not-since, under terms of an old and apparently inviolable legal document, Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. must still make royalty payments on Listerine to the heirs, executors or assignees of its originator. The assignees include the Salvation Army, and until recently counted the aging cardinal as a major holder...
...deeper meaning of the Washington meeting was the democratization of the hierarchy. In the past, the annual meetings of the hierarchy were largely dominated by the senior U.S. prelates and automatically chaired by New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman. In setting up a formal hierarchical synod under the title of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the prelates also made provisions for electing its officers. Chosen on the third ballot as first president of the conference was the Most Rev. John Francis Dearden, 59, the progressive Archbishop of Detroit...
...just changed clients. I was an apologist. My feeling was that you've got to make the church's institution look good." On nondoctrinal controversy, however, he was an unapologetic independent. From the pulpit or on his nationwide Dean Pike TV show, he tangled with Cardinal Spellman on movie...
After 50 years as a priest-27 of them as Archbishop of New York-New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman, 77, might have welcomed a rest. So when Pope Paul VI suggested that bishops over age 75 retire to allow younger men to take over their responsibilities, Cardinal Spellman "humbly and willingly" offered his resignation. Although the cardinal has already turned over many duties to his six auxiliary bishops, the Pope asked him to carry on. "I accept this decision," said the cardinal, "as God's will...
...papal request affects two U.S. cardinals, New York's Francis Spellman, 77, and Los Angeles' James Francis Mc-Intyre, 80, as well as 18 diocesan bishops. Though Cardinal Spellman has given no sign that he plans to retire soon, he has delegated part of his authority. This month he granted extensive new powers to six of his auxiliary bishops, putting each in charge of areas within the New York archdiocese. Other prominent cardinals who are 75 or older are France's Achilles Lienart, Germany's Josef Frings, Czechoslovakia's Josef Beran, Argentina's Antonio...