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Even his most ardent admirers grant that until now Pope Paul has been over shadowed by the memory of his predecessor. Shy, introspective and apparently indecisive at times, Paul seemed to lack the warmth and humanity that made John XXIII so universally loved...
...suggest a combination Man of the Year, both named John: Pope John XXIII and President John F. Kennedy. Two men with one goal-world peace...
...change in pace of the council reflects the change in Roman Catholic leadership that took place between sessions. Vatican II was first summoned by that quiet revolutionary, Pope John XXIII, who intuitively felt the need for an aggiornamento-a modernization of the church. His instinct was dramatically proved right during the first session, when a majority of the prelates rejected the standpat schemata on liturgy, the sources of revelation and the nature of the church proposed by the conservative Roman Curia...
...that order was one of the few clear-cut decisions made by Pope Paul, who seemed to justify John XXIII's description of him as "a Hamlet"-and who must bear a large share of the blame for the session's disappointing record. Like his predecessor, Paul VI preferred to stay out of sight so that the bishops could act in freedom; but he often failed to intervene when intervention was called for, and sometimes settled for half-measures when he did act. Fortnight ago, for example, he finally responded to petitions signed by a number of bishops...
Died. Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini, 81, papal doctor since 1954, a gastroenterologist who attended the final illnesses of Pius XII in 1958 and his good friend John XXIII last spring; following a prostate operation; in Bologna...