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...priests-as they already do in Switzerland-and bishops. He is confident that laymen's councils, which have been formed in many parishes since Vatican II, will become ever more widespread, and independent. More than that, he argues that methods should be set up, perhaps through an elected synod of laymen, for the laity to have some say in picking the Pope. He believes that the church's structure ought to be revised in order to "transform our system of absolutistic authority into one based on mutual service and partnership...
...still attend services at the church, but cannot take Communion or vote at congregational meetings-and they can be excommunicated if they do not repent. Much to the embarrassment of Presbyterian officials, Baker has no intention of resting his case. Immediately following the verdict, he appealed to the Iowa Synod, and he plans, if necessary, to carry his case to the General Assembly of the church. Says Baker: "I find myself involved in a significant struggle within the Presbyterian Church to preserve the right of free discussion...
...stand-fast minority at the Second Vatican Council. Ottaviani's successor is Yugoslavia's Franjo Cardinal Seper, 62, the Archbishop of Zagreb. As his country's unofficial primate since 1960, Seper (pronounced "shaper") has pursued a course of accommodation with Tito; at the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome he was overwhelmingly elected by his fellow prelates to head its commission on theology...
...preached the need for greater Christian responsibility toward the world's poor in countless sermons and pastoral letters. Léger was also an advocate of church renewal at the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome, where he made his final decision to quit his archdiocese. "It was during the discussions on faith and atheism," he explained, "that my future became a question of conscience for me. It became clear that Our Lord was asking me for deed as well as words." On the final day of the Synod, Pope Paul reluctantly approved Léger's request...
...Patriarch of Antioch and leader of Roman Catholicism's Eastern Melchite Rite; of cancer; in Beirut. One of the fathers of Vatican II, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging a college of bishops to advise the Pope, an idea that was implemented last September when the Synod of Bishops convened in Rome...