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...October 9, 1974, Cardinal Humberto Medieros, Archbishop of Boston, fired Richard Griffin, Sister Anne Kelley O.P., and Carole Bohn from their positions as Catholic chaplains to the Harvard-Radcliffe community. Medieros' action, which drew strong objections from various segments of the Catholic community, ended what can be described at best as a discordant relationship between the three ministers and the Church hierarchy. Even the manner by which the three-minister-team was relieved proved to be controversial and alienating...
...time at Harvard was marked with almost continual conflict," reflects Griffin. "There was perhaps a grace period of a few months after my arrival in 1968, but after that both the pastors at St. Paul's and the Archbishop--Medieros rather than Cushing--provided consistent resistance to our efforts...
...done to halt U.S. church "deterioration." As for the schools, he expects further dwindling of enrollment unless the bishops let the laity take control of fund raising and administration. Says Greeley: "If I were a bishop and I saw this data, I'd call a panic meeting." Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, head of the U.S. bishops' conference, appeared, however, to be composed. "Catholic truth," he replied to inquiries about the book, "is not determined by sociological data or analyses...
When Nobel Prize winner George Seferis died in 1971 his widow succeeded in persuading the current Greek government to give $1 million towards the establishment of a chair for Modern Greek Studies. The money was given to Harvard by Greek Prime Minister Archbishop Trypanos in a ceremony last year and Harvard officials are still hoping to get additional funding from individuals and corporations in Greece...
...bishops would replace him. Last week Pope Paul VI provided the answer: none of them. He bypassed the entire hierarchy and appointed instead tall, white-haired Dom George Basil Hume, 52, abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Ampleforth in Yorkshire. Hume is the first monk to become Archbishop of Westminster since England in 1850 permitted the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy...