Word: vatican
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...decades Moral Theologian Charles Curran of the Catholic University of America vexed the Vatican with his liberal ideas on birth control, homosexuality, abortion and divorce. In 1986 Rome declared him unfit to teach in the church's name. The university suspended him last year, but a review committee declared that, while the school's trustees could withdraw Curran's "canonical mission" as a church theologian, they must guarantee his tenure. The trustees (one-third of them bishops) agreed last week, announcing that Curran could teach in an "area of his professional competence," presumably moral theology, but not at the Vatican...
...lives for their leader. In the draft constitution he drew up in 1963, the God-King included, against his people's wishes, a clause that would allow for his impeachment. Now he is considering new methods for choosing the next Dalai Lama -- adopting an electoral system similar to the Vatican's, perhaps, or selecting on the basis of seniority, or even dispensing with the entire institution. "I think the time has come -- not necessarily to take a decision very soon, but to start a more formal discussion, so that people can prepare their minds...
...Assemblies' headquarters in Springfield, nicknamed the Blue Vatican for its aqua color, churns out 23 tons of Gospel literature a day and administers a $142 million annual budget. Half the money supports a foreign effort that fields an impressive 1,530 missionaries. Swaggart's suspension is particularly significant to this endeavor. Not only did his ministry contribute $23 million to missions in the past two years, but most converts at Swaggart's worldwide revivals were referred to Assemblies congregations. The group now has 15.8 million members overseas, compared with just 4 million...
Like all John Paul's choices, Marino is loyal to Vatican teaching, though he is no conservative hard-liner. As head of the Atlanta archdiocese, he will preside directly over some 156,000 Catholics, both in the city and in 69 northern Georgia counties. He also becomes metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province, with influence over four other dioceses in three states. The prelate has already indicated that, whatever his administrative tasks, his priorities will be pastoral. On a one-day trip from Washington to his new flock last week, he made a special effort in the midst of a hectic...
...many art and architectural treasures, including those of Michelangelo and Bernini, the Vatican does not list their book value, considering them to be held in trust for all humanity. In short, the church must look to the generosity of the faithful rather than the sale of the Pieta or Raphael's frescoes, if it is to balance its budget...