Word: worded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...word of thanks from the "parish that copes and hopes." You helped us to know ourselves better and to see ourselves as others...
Abnormally reclusive in spite of his rapid rise to political prominence, Berlinguer seldom talks about himself. On the rare occasions when he does, it can be illuminating. Once he admitted that "as a boy, I was always a rebel. I protested-to use a word that's in style now -over everything. Religion, the state, the cliches people used, and social customs. I had read Bakunin and believed myself an anarchist...
...provide political support for the Christian Democrats. Catholic Action, the lay organization that in Pius' time was the Pope's election spearhead, is now a moribund organization of only 600,000 people; nonetheless, nearly 5 million lay Catholics in Italy have been mounting a well-orchestrated word-of-mouth appeal against voting Communist. The Communists complained that some D.C. workers go so far as to mark sample ballots for householders and warn them, "If you vote Communist, it may be the last time you get a chance to vote at all." In the still largely religious south...
Asking questions is a minefield, because words do not mean the same thing in est as they do in English. "Understand" is intellectual and bad ("Understanding is the booby prize in life"); "get" is experiential and good. "Try" is bad. You either do it or you don't. A woman rises to defend her secretary, who "tries" hard at some jobs and sometimes fails. "You're a self-righteous bitch!" Ron screams. She collapses in tears; Ron says she is patronizing the secretary by approving her failures. A man rises to offer sympathy to the woman...
...However, the delegates also voted to undertake a study of the "perplexing" question of homosexuality, leaving the door open a crack for gays in the future. Said the final report: "We do not believe that a position taken in any period sets forth the final understanding of His Word to the Church...