Word: weakland
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Concerned about the rising passions, Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, in a remarkable warning, wrote in the archdiocesan paper last month that the church must avoid the "fanaticism and small-mindedness" that through history have "led to much cruelty, suppression of theological creativity and lack of growth." On the right, a convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars last week demanded that the bishops take a harder line, declaring, "No institution is foolish enough to permit its reason for existence to be undermined from within...
...warrant was ordered for the Democratic nominee for Illinois secretary of state, LaRouchite Janice Hart. Judge Morris Topol accused Hart of "thumbing her nose at the court" by failing to appear on a disorderly conduct charge brought last year, when she purportedly disrupted a lecture by Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland. To protest the cleric's alleged support of the International Monetary Fund, a perennial LaRouche target, Hart handed Weakland a piece of raw liver, calling it a pound of flesh. Hart's attorney said she was unable to appear in court last week because she was in West Germany "campaigning...
Encouraged by the interest stirred and conscious of the criticism, the bishops' committee sought suggestions for the second draft of their work at hearings held from Wall Street to Appalachia. This week the committee, chaired by Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, is releasing a revised Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. It is shorter than the first draft (about 40,000 words vs. more than 50,000), more tightly reasoned and more generous to opposing viewpoints. But it does not soften the tone or thrust of the bishops' main message. The new draft, like the first...
...Weakland's committee paid particular attention to positive responses from $ other bishops at last June's meeting of the 280-member National Conference of Catholic Bishops. One bishop, typifying the group's general support for the pastoral letter, told its authors, "Right on! Tighten it up. Don't back off." The letter will be revised once more before being submitted to the National Conference for final approval in November...
...Weakland and his colleagues did drop one of their most questionable recommendations: a call for reduction of the U.S. unemployment rate, which now stands at 7.1%, to the 3% to 4% range. Many economists argued that such a goal was unrealistic and that Government efforts to reach it would fan inflation. While the new draft deems the current jobless rate "morally unacceptable" and calls for expanded Government programs, including greater retraining efforts, the bishops no longer set an unemployment target...