Word: vatican
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...Vatican sources emphatically denied any such motivation. The Pope's decision, they said, stemmed from his general views on the separation of church and state. John Paul has repeatedly said the church and its clergy must stay aloof from party strife. In Mexico in January 1979 he said: "The church wishes to stay free with regard to the competing [political] systems, in order to opt only for man." These views presumably reflect the fact that one reason the church in John Paul's native Poland has been able to thrive is that it has kept strictly apart from...
...Vatican sources pointed out that Article 139 of the church's canon law forbids priests to hold elective office, though the provision does allow local church authorities to make exceptions if they decide a priest's involvement in politics would be for the good of the community. The Pope formally revoked only the exemption given to Drinan in 1970. Nonetheless, the Catholic hierarchy interpreted the Pope's act as a signal that John Paul will apply Article 139 much more strictly than his predecessors did. Said a church spokesman in Washington: "It is clear that the Pope...
...Vatican prelates said that John Paul's order on Drinan does not apply to priests who have appointive positions in government. In Nicaragua, for example, seven priests hold high posts in the leftist revolutionary government. Among them are Jesuit Ernesto Cardenal, the Minister of Culture, and Maryknoll Priest Miguel D'Escoto, the Foreign Minister. In the U.S., Geno Baroni, 49, a diocesan priest, is Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
...deepest challenge to the future of Christianity in Africa may not be politics, or the hostile rivalry of Islam. It could lie in the present explosion of religious growth and the sheer "Africanization" of Christianity that is already occurring. Since the Second Vatican Council, Catholicism has loosened up a good deal, permitting a non-Latin liturgy that may now be dressed up by all manner of music and even dance. Though the Vatican has not shifted on basic doctrine, since Vatican II there has been relaxation by lay Catholics in the West in the practice of birth control and public...
...York City, the wife of Embassy Press Attaché Barry Rosen, talked at length in Bonn with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who stressed the necessity for patience in the embassy impasse. Jeanne Queen of Lincolnville, Me., the mother of Vice Consul Richard Queen, met in Rome with Vatican and Italian government officials. The fourth member of the group, Pearl Golacinski of Silver Spring, Md., mother of Security Officer Alan Golacinski, stayed in Paris to see other French officials on behalf of the hostages. Said she: "I haven't been to bed in three nights, but I never felt...