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...supporting the authoritarian government of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines because "the alternative . . . is a large Communist movement to take over." In fact, Marcos' strongest opposition comes from many nonCommunists, including Jaime Cardinal Sin, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila. Reagan's assertion that the Marcos government has done "things . . . that do not look good to us from the standpoint, right now, of democratic rights," was, to put it charitably, an understatement. A few days after the debate, the majority of a Philippine inquiry commission charged that some of Marcos' military commanders, including his close friend...
Although none of the prominent opponents to Marcos can command the broad-based political support Aquino might have had, their ranks include such unlikely bedfellows as Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken Archbishop of Manila, and Jaime Ongpin, president of the Benguet mining corporation. Also included are Corazon Aquino, Ninoy's widow, and Agapito ("Butz") Aquino, his younger brother. The opposition draws experience from such veteran Marcos foes as Salvador Laurel, head of the opposition United Nationalist Democratic Organization coalition, and Lorenzo Tañada, 86, the grand old man of the opposition...
...letter went out to Archbishop McCarthy, quoting the Living Bible, Proverbs 23:29-32: "Whose heart is filled with anguish and sorrow? Who is always fighting and quarreling? Who is the man with bloodshot eyes and many wounds? It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new mixtures. Don't let the sparkle and the smooth taste of strong wine deceive you. For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like an adder." The archbishop responded evenly that Henry's was an experiment, an attempt to provide a wholesome...
...silent background. In 1963 the Second Vatican Council, seeking to give the laity a greater role in the liturgy, authorized a sweeping reform of worship that included prayers in the vernacular and a rite in which the priest faced his congregation. For many conservatives, most notably the dissident French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the new Mass, even though it can be said in Latin, became a rallying point for defiance of the council's reforms...
...rite to be used, but only to those who do not doubt the legitimacy of the present-day Mass. While parishes can use it only in "extraordinary" circumstances, Vatican sources predict that there will not be much call for it since most Catholics approve of the revised rituals. Nevertheless, Archbishop Lefebvre reacted over French radio: "I am very happy. Perhaps now our situation will change...