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...zeal of early Christians if they would save the world from Communism. In 1955, he set up an ambitious Better World Institute on Lake Albano, near Rome, as a center for Christian studies of social reform. During its first three years, while his friend and protector Pope Pius XII was alive, more than 260 bishops, 3,000 priests and 2,000 laymen came to the institute for courses on democracy and the redistribution of wealth. Pope John XXIII has been less enthusiastic about Father Lombardi's kind of evangelism. In recent years the institute's big missionary projects...
Another factor in Fanfani's political strategy is the Roman Catholic Church, which has notably relaxed its opposition to the Italian left. Under the late Pope Pius XII, who threatened excommunication for Communist voters, bishops often took a direct hand in local politics, brought pressure not only against the Communist but against all left-wing parties. In contrast, Pope John believes that since Italy has survived its postwar crisis, there should be less political activity by the clergy. Recently, when one Christian Democrat threatened to form a right-wing Catholic party in opposition to Fanfani, the church disapproved...
Examination GroupMidyear Examination I Tuesday, January 30 II Wednesday, January 24 III Tuesday, January 23 IV Wednesday, January 31 V Friday, January 26 VI Thursday, January 25 VII Saturday, January 27 VIII Tuesday, January 30 IX Tuesday, January 30 X Saturday, January 20 XI Monday, January 22 XII Friday, January 19 XIII Monday, January 29 XIV Saturday, January 27 XV Saturday, January 20 XVI Saturday, January 20 XVII Thursday, January 25 XVIII Thursday, January...
...Hung on the wall are Currier & Ives prints and a Grandma Moses. Inscribed photographs are scattered around the sitting room, in the place of honor on the baby grand piano is a framed photo of Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, who visited the Kennedys in 1936 and later became Pope Pius XII...
Everybody was surprised. The obvious choice was Milan's charming and brilliant archbishop, Giovanni Cardinal Montini, 63; he had been mentioned as a candidate for the post during the reign of Pius XII, who was his own Secretary of State. Cardinal Cicognani seemed hardly in the running; he is 78, for one thing, and his long association with the U.S. might seem too obvious a bid for diplomatic relations with Washington. But after Pope John had confirmed his reputation for unpredictability by naming Cardinal Cicognani, Vatican hindsighters were quick to see how brilliant the choice had been...