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Sexual Morality, by the Rev. Philip S. Keane of Baltimore, is a rather colloquial theological inquiry that has sold some 30,000 copies. In the book, Keane records his occasional differences with church teaching on matters like homosexuality, but is always careful in describing official doctrine. In 1977 Archbishop Richard Hunthausen of Seattle granted the book his imprimatur (Latin for "let it be printed"), which signified his judgment that the book was theologically sound. But as a spokesman for Hunthausen put it last week, "the archbishop had one notion of what imprimatur meant and the Holy See understood something else...
...Illinois-born Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, once regarded as a prime candidate for Cardinal, was passed over for promotion in a reorganization of the Curia office that runs the Vatican City administration...
...prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Gantin has the power to nominate, subject to the Pope's approval, new bishops for most of the world. He is the first black prelate ever to head a major Vatican office. For good measure, the Pope summoned another African, Archbishop Francis Arinze of Nigeria, to run the Vatican Secretariat for non-Christians, one of the second-echelon offices in the bureaucracy...
...many of the prominent individuals in the opposition ranks wish to campaign, if only because they fear a power vacuum that could be filled either by Communist extremists or by the military. "If we do not solve this problem through the ballot," warns Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken Archbishop of Manila, "I'm just too afraid that we might solve it through violence." As the factions continue to bicker and dither, many potential supporters may fall away...
...Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas is less pessimistic. "The fact that the crimes have decreased over the past few months is positive," he says quietly. He confirms that the armed forces have asked the church to send priests to visit military command posts and give talks on human rights to soldiers and officers. "The origin of the revolution has its roots in tremendous social injustice. The violence will not disappear until that injustice is reduced." Monsignor Rivera y Damas does not possess the charisma of Monsignor Romero, but beneath his affable air and sleepy eyes, he is extremely shrewd. Many...