Word: vatican
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...began in a morning of pomp and smiles, not just another page in Vatican travelogues but an undeniably special moment in history. Winding through London's Westminster Cathedral came a procession of robes crimson and scarlet, gold-embroidered, black and white, with plumed hats and swords of the old English orders strutting into this unexpected tapestry of medieval drama. At the heart of the panoply, and at the heart of the substance of the opening of this six-day event, was the red-robed figure of John Paul II, the Pope of love, controversy and ecumenical vision. Sitting...
Nothing will happen, says one Vatican veteran, "until you get a Pope who is dead set on it." He adds: "Quite frankly, I do not think this Pope is that at all." Says another member of the Vatican staff...
...Says W.A. Visser 't Hooft, 81, co-founder of the World Council of Churches: "Let's face it. The Pope remains a theological conservative. There are great differences between his image and reality. In a way, KRAFT the church is still scared by its own courage at Vatican...
After all this planning, the decision to go was made just two weeks ago. The Falklands crisis passed over the Vatican like the materialization of some dreaded, unexpected schism, making for intense debate in the highest councils of the church. Before John Paul's dramatic Mass for peace at the Vatican the weekend before last, with both British and Argentine Cardinals concelebrating, the lines were well formed. Arrayed in favor from the start were the British bishops. Opposed were key members of the Curia-and, most notably, Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi, the papal nuncio in Argentina. Backing Calabresi were...
...Vatican would like to achieve unity with the Eastern Orthodox Church before turning to Canterbury or the Lutherans. Says Orthodox Bishop Eirinaios of Crete: "I consider the unity of Christians a vital condition for peace on earth." John Paul no doubt agrees, and has declared that he wishes union between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches by the year 2000. But the process is agonizingly slow. The meeting of the Orthodox-Catholic joint commission this month in Munich will only be the second such discussion since the Council of Florence in 1439. The always suspicious Church of Greece is wary...