Word: vatican
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...vote of 1,763 to 250, the bishops at the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council last week approved this statement as the official teaching of the church. In accepting the declaration on non-Christian religions, the bishops made unmistakably clear the intention of the church to risk no further charge of antiSemitism. Also taking into account the Jewish suffering under the Nazis, the declaration deplored "hatred persecutions, displays of antiSemitism. directed against Jews at any time and by anyone," and rejected any catechetical teaching or preaching that might counter this view...
...word deicide that most troubled Catholic conservatives; to them, its use suggested a denial of the Gospel accounts of the Passion. Arab diplomats, with strong moral support from Catholic bishops in their countries, lobbied at the Vatican against the declaration on the ground that it could be construed as pro-Israel propaganda Shortly before the fourth session began, "deicide," at Pope Paul's suggestion, was again excised; the secretariat also indicated that the declaration was prompted "not by political reasons but by the Gospels' spiritual love." In compensation, the final draft included the first specific mention of antiSemitism...
...famed statue will return to Rome by ship on Nov. 2, two weeks after the fair closes. It is unlikely that it will ever be moved again. Recently it was decreed that henceforth Vatican art treasures may not be sent out on loan...
...What impressed you particularly?" a reporter asked Paul as they neared Rome. Answered the Pope, smiling: "Tutti cari, tutti buoni [All dear, all good]." The next day, following his return, he told the bishops at the Vatican Council that "the Catholic Church has assumed a greater obligation to serve the cause of peace because of the fact that, through our voice, she has solemnly pleaded its cause...
...impossible to deny that his mission was an unmistakable land mark in history, another great personal triumph for the Pope. Perhaps the most lasting effect of the pilgrimage would be what theologians might call a "demythologizing" of the papacy. In escaping again the museum-like confines of the Vatican for the secular world, the Pope dramatized his wish to be not only the Vicar of Christ but also the servant of the servants of God. In a world grown tired and suspicious of ritual and mystery, it was well for the humble man Paul to be recognized beneath the exalted...