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That emphasis on social justice, particularly the abolition of war, was carried forward by Pope Paul VI in his memorable 1965 address to the United Nations, where he pleaded: "No more war! War never again!" John Paul II is equally fervent. In a dramatic and symbolic speech at the Hiroshima memorial, he demanded that humanity make a "moral about-face" from...
...direct result of the 504 regulations. For the past year, the Reagan Administration, through the Office of Management and Budget, has been "reinterpreting" the regulations, weakening them to the point at which they have almost no use. (This is part of a process which will include reinterpreting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972). If the new regulations are adopted, almost all of the progress made in the past few years will be lost. The 504 regulations constitute the only assurance for people with disabilities that their civil rights...
...today's communications satellites seem like fast talkers, the next generation will be positively garrulous. Intelsat VI, the 38.7-ft.-long, $100 million marvel of electronics under construction by the Hughes Aircraft Co., will handle as many as 37,000 telephone calls and four television channels simultaneously. The bird's power comes entirely from the sun, whose rays will be captured by 19,000 solar cells encircling the cylindrical satellite and converted directly into electricity...
DIED. Giovanni Benelli, 61, strongwilled, influential Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Florence who was twice a front runner in papal elections; after a heart attack; in Florence. As substitute Secretary of State under his friend, Pope Paul VI, Benelli earned the nickname "the Vatican Kissinger" for his shrewd grasp of international church politics and his tough, managerial style in running the powerful Curia from...
...unusually swift canonization of Kolbe was pushed by John Paul and Pope Paul VI. Both men considered Kolbe to be an exemplar of priestly discipline and self-giving, and of Christian virtue in a century of inhumanity. Saints are usually not proclaimed till at least 50 years after the process begins. Kolbe reached beatification, the next-to-last step, in 1971, as Paul VI became the first Pontiff to perform such a ceremony personally. After beatification, the church must normally document two miracles resulting from prayers to the candidate to intercede with God. John Paul removed the need for that...