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Mortal Sin. As Prime Minister from 1955 till 1958, Mintoff advocated policies that Malta's Archbishop, Sir Michael Gonzi, feared would limit the church's control over education, religion and family life. Gonzi protested the importation of badly needed teachers because many were non-Maltese Catholics ("They are born and bred in a Protestant atmosphere, and can never become perfect Catholics...
When Mintoff tried to boost tourism in order to help the economy, hurt by cutbacks at the British naval base, the Archbishop squelched a proposal to build a gambling casino and censured bikinis as immodest. Finally, left-leaning Mintoff threatened to seek economic aid from neutralist Egypt or Communist Yugoslavia. For "grave offenses against ecclesiastical authorities," the Archbishop put the Labor Party's entire leadership under interdict (denying them confession, communion or consecrated burial), made it a mortal sin for a Catholic to support the Socialists...
This feud set the stage for the bitterest election campaign in the island's history. Lined up against the Labor Party were five other parties, all acceptable to Archbishop Gonzi. While Mintoff ran on a hate-Britain platform that urged an independent, neutralist Malta, his chief opponents, the Nationalists, advocated independence within the Commonwealth. (The island currently has self-government except in defense and foreign affairs, which are supervised by a British high commissioner.) But in the months leading up to last week's election, foreign policy issues were overshadowed by the emotional struggle between church and state...
...least two of the new cardinals will be able to help Pope John prepare for the Ecumenical Council next October. The two: FATHER ACACIO COUSSA, 64, Pro-Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Church, a Syrian who was consecrated Titular Archbishop of Gerapoli by Pope John last year in precedent-setting Greek rites; and FATHER MICHAEL BROWNE, 74, Master-General of the Dominican Friars, an Irish-born member of the Central Preparatory Commission for the Ecumenical Council...
Died. Teodósio Clemente Cardinal de Gouveia, 72, Archbishop of Lourengo Marques in the Portuguese territory of Mozambique, a scholarly apostle of Catholic education whose elevation...