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...Society of Jesus 438 years ago, his Jesuits became the clerical shock troops of the Counter Reformation, the loyal defenders of the papacy. Many members of the order still make a special vow of fidelity to the Pontiff. Lately, however, some of the most outspoken attacks on Pope Paul VI from within the church have come from Jesuits-attacks that their superior general now wants stopped. In a letter to the world's 31,860 Jesuits, made public last week, the Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe reminded them of their obligation to foster "love and respect for the person...
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...year 1975 is going to be a Holy Year, said Pope Paul VI, so let's clean up the Holy City. His Holiness was not referring to litter. "A certain pornographic license and debased morals" have crept into Roman life, he said. Nude magazines have proliferated, and striptease has become a common art form in nightclubs. The pilgrims who visit Rome during a Holy Year are granted plenary indulgences for their sins, but it would hardly do for them to encounter too many temptations in the very city that the Pope called "custodian of memories which are among...
...died that his regime had "given the motor scooter to the people." Pope Pius XII once publicly praised the motor scooters for "raising the level of life of the social categories who cannot buy more costly means of transport.'' Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini (now Pope Paul VI) put touring lay brothers on Lambrettas, gaining for them the name "Flying Friars...
Among other things, the Cowboys' dominance of Super Bowl VI destroyed a myth. Going into the game, the Dolphins were likened to the New York Mets of 1969, the pesky upstarts who won the World Series against lopsided odds. Like the miracle Mets, the Dolphins were a Cinderella team that rallied from defeat to challenge for the championship. They were young. They had the rabid backing of their fans. They made a habit of come-from-behind victories. And, headed by those happy Hungarians, Running Backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, they professed the kind of fraternity-brother togetherness...