Word: vatican
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unite Communists, Socialists and left-wing Christian Democrats behind a platform demanding nothing more doctrinaire than better economic planning and fewer monopolies. Over objections from some hard-lining delegates, Longo hinted that his merged party might even be willing to change its name. And he lavished praise on the Vatican Ecumenical Council. "We have observed," he conceded graciously, "a certain development beyond those conservative positions which made religious ideology the opiate of the people...
...life of Christ. The Roman Catholic Paulist Fathers' Insight presents adult melodrama in half-hour playlets about abortion, divorce and alcoholism, featuring such stars as Raymond Massey, Vera Miles and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. NBC's The Catholic Hour is offering a four-part series on the Second Vatican Council and the future of church renewal...
...liberalizing spirit of the Second Vatican Council has so far had little impact on the status of Roman Catholic priests, who remain firmly under their superiors' thumbs. In November, the Jesuits invoked their society's vow of obedience to send Father Daniel Berrigan out of the country for a while because of his outspoken stand against the Viet Nam war (TIME...
...home base for his movement. But, as it quickly turned out, he was not home free. Cardinal Shehan declared that he had not released De Pauw. Bishop Faveri, after thinking the matter over, agreed that the priest was still Baltimore's property - a judgment that the Vatican Secretary of State solemnly affirmed. Last week Shehan bluntly ordered De Pauw to return to Baltimore for a discussion of his future...
Priests have a number of explanations for the decline: competition from television, introduction of evening Mass, the florid and old-fashioned tone of most novena prayers, which are aimed at Mary rather than Christ. But the deeper reason is that the Vatican Council's liturgical reforms have given Catholics an opportunity to participate actively at Mass, thus making it vastly more meaningful than the novena as an expression of their faith. Says one Boston priest: "The Mass has taken over-thank...