Word: vatican
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shaken. Hitler was free to conquer most of Europe and to kill most of the Jews. India free; Africa free. In the 1930s scientists sought to free the atom. In the 1960s blacks and women sought freedoms of their own. Free ove. Free fall. Psychologists freed minds from guilt. Vatican II freed the church from its past. Drugs too proffered self-fulfillment. In the 1980s experimental engineers would see if the body could be freed from genetic dictates. With organ transplants, can one be free of mortality? Break the sound barrier, the color barrier, the four-minute mile. Rockets, free...
...VATICAN II: TURNING THE CHURCH TOWARD THE WORLD...
...whole world expects a step forward," said John XXIII as he opened the Second Vatican Council in October 1962. When Pope Paul VI formally closed it last week, he heralded it as "among the greatest events of the church." Whatever the future's judgment, there can be little doubt that the council indeed represents a momentous step forward in carrying Christendom's oldest, largest body into modern times and bringing it into closer contact with all men-religious...
...that he would gather signatures to begin the lengthy formal process. Said Pintus: "I am sure Princess Grace is in paradise. She may some day do a miracle." Neither the Kellys of Philadelphia nor the Grimaldis of Monaco have bothered to issue a statement on the prospect, and a Vatican source remarked, "A lot of caution must be used. Nowadays, we are victims of mass media and publicity...
...month to case lighting problems. "I didn't like them, and people think of academics as having glasses anyway," he says. Another time, he recalls that after the Pope was shot, the producers of "Good Morning, America" said, "'Arthur, three minutes on the legal status of the Vatican.' You know you're not going to get six minutes," he says, "so either you reconcile yourself to the fact and do three, or you don't and quit...