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...Krister Stendahl, Dean of the Divinity School, said the establishment of the Center "will have very special importance" for Jewish-Christian relations. The Center will help to make Jewish Studies "a part of our view of history," he said...
...Krister Stendahl, dean of the Divinity School, yesterday credited Pope Paul with having created a "more diversified leadership" within the Church, which could lead to future liberalization of the Catholic stand on priestly celibacy and other issues...
...impetus for future reform of the Church will come from a realization of the great diversity of the many local branches of the Church throughout the world, Stendahl said. Noting Pope Paul's efforts to carry out the Second Vatican Council's call for a loosening of the rigid Church hierarchy, he added, "The machinery for such diversity was laid during Paul's pontificate...
...Stendahl would not speculate on the possible choice of Paul's successor, who must be chosen by two-thirds of the 116 voting members of the College of Cardinals...
Yesterday's Phi Beta Kappa orator, microbiologist Rene Dubos, might well be named along with the others. So might retiring Divinity School Dean Krister Stendahl...