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...orders came in a confidential letter to the bishops from Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, who as Apostolic Delegate in Washington serves as liaison between the American hierarchy and Rome. His letter warned that the Holy See is "deeply concerned" about "excesses" in interfaith religious services, which "give rise to great wonderment, and indeed bewilderment," among the faithful. "Until the Concilian Commission has established definitive norms regarding communicatio in sacris (worship in common), participation in such ceremonies should be avoided...
...Only 26 of them were in Rome. Following tradition, Archbishop Angel Herrera y Oria of Malaga received his from Spain's head of state, Francisco Franco...
...thriving religious press circulates freely. Yugoslav bishops easily gained travel permits to attend the Vatican Council or make their normal ad limina visits to the Pope. Last December, the Yugoslav Communist League Congress dropped its ban on religious practice by party members. A number of government officials formally congratulated Archbishop Franjo Seper of Zagreb after the announcement that he would be made a cardinal at Pope Paul's consistory next week. Monsignor Casaroli reported that he was "very satisfied" with the results of a recent ten-day visit to Belgrade, and Vatican officials hint that a formal agreement with...
...name a Pole among the 27 new cardinals; both of the most likely candidates were regarded as more "reformist" than Wyszynski. Church diplomats still seek a formula for discussing church affairs with the Communists without imposing a solution against the will of the most politically astute and successful archbishop in Eastern Europe...
...priests are still arrested for anti-regime activities. But even here the church's prospects are improving. President Antonin Novotny is eager to touch up the Czech image in the West, and his government was clearly embarrassed when the Pope bestowed a red hat on Prague's Archbishop Josef Beran, now under house arrest. Czech exiles in Rome are preparing Beran's quarters for the consistory, and last week there were rumors that Casaroli had all but completed an agreement with the Reds. Beran would be called to the Curia; in return, the government might allow...