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...Pope Paul VI, the solemn ceremonies of Holy Week were more sorrowful than usual. On two successive days, in his most anguished public statements to date on the crisis in the Roman Catholic world, the Pope issued extraordinarily direct attacks on defecting clergy and dissent within the church...
Pope Paul VI is a leader who loves to spring a surprise or set a new record. Last week he did both by announcing that he intends to create 35 new cardinals-the largest number ever named at one time-thereby raising membership in the Sacred College to an alltime record of 136. In his six years as Pope, Paul has elevated 89 prelates to the college, more than any other pontiff in history...
...Article VI...
...25th anniversary to the priesthood, Musante was given a title reserved for the privileged few: chaplain to the Pope. Last week the Vatican reluctantly admitted that Monsignor Mu sante had gone the way of so many of his fellow priests these days: after five months of consideration, Pope Paul VI had granted him permission to leave the priesthood and marry...
...wipe out illiteracy in underdeveloped nations by upgrading the educational programs of Catholic missions. Last week he flew off to the Ivory Coast to dedicate a new seminary in Abidjan. The trip was expected to take him to other African countries on still another act of service for Paul VI: exploring a possible papal visit to that continent later this year...