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...impossibility of choosing among the letters dictated the decision to hold the drawing, Susan S. Olson, Dean of Residence, announced yesterday. She said that all letters were well-written and had offered valid reasons for moving off-campus, but the Administration did not feel it could judge the relative values of these reasons...
...good part of the community is working on assumptions [about choice] valid only in the past ... if the community has made up its mind that we're still in the old system, then we may have to go the other way [towards less choice]," he asserted...
...Sacrament of Matrimony is one of those masterly documents that demonstrate the Vatican's genius for adjusting to the changing spirit of the times while upholding the integrity of its traditional teachings: it qualifies every categorical "must" with an implied "but." Mixed marriages, to be valid in the eyes of the church, must be performed by a Catholic priest. But henceforth, the clergyman of the other partner's faith may be present at the wedding ceremony, deliver a sermon, say prayers. The non-Catholic partner must be "clearly told of the obligation to raise the children...
What God Has Joined. The new emphasis in Catholic opinion is the distinction between civil and religious law, each of which remains valid in its own sphere. The Catholic Church believes that marriage is a sacrament instituted by Christ, when he said, "What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder." Catholics who have been civilly divorced remain in good standing in the church if they do not remarry. Remarriage, however, is forbidden while the ex-spouse lives...
This may gradually change the church's view on what constitutes a valid marriage. If the chief end of marriage is conjugal love, says one theologian, its absence could flaw the marriage contract to the point that the union itself becomes invalid...