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...Pope Paul VI in Bombay
...fond, impossible dream of Pope Paul VI, that pioneer of papal travel, is that some day he may go somewhere as a "simple pilgrim." That was how he wanted to style his trip to Bombay last week to attend the 38th International Eucharistic Congress. He envisioned himself meeting and perhaps ministering to the poor, the hungry, the sick. Scorning to charter a plane, he simply bought a first-class ticket (fare...
...white Lincoln Continental convertible took an hour and a half to crawl the 13 miles of highway from the airport to the Eucharistic Congress. Giant signs along the route proclaimed India's welcome: LONG LIVE THE POPE, NO GREATER LOVE HATH ANY MAN, JOY ICE CREAMS WELCOME PAUL VI. A bit jokingly, a brilliant sign all awash in white lights on Marine Drive in Bombay blared: BIRTH CONTROL CENTER FOR SEX HEALTH...
This week Paul VI will add 8,000 miles to his record as the most travel-minded Pope of history by flying from Rome to Bombay for Roman Catholicism's 38th Eucharistic Congress. The Pope's four-day visit to India is intended to symbolize his concern for the mission church, and for Catholicism's witness to the non-Christian world...
...Paul VI last week coldly and dramatically reaffirmed that it is the Pope, and not the bishops of the Vatican Council, who really runs the Roman Catholic Church. Just as the third session of the council was ending, Pope Paul-siding with conservative cardinals of the Roman Curia-took a major decision out of the hands of the progressive majority of prelates. Thereby, he raised doubts whether he essentially favors the aggiornamento begun by John XXIII and whether he intends to give anything more than lip service to collegiality-the doctrine, approved by the bishops, that they, as descendants...