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...Chicago, during the Democratic National Convention last August, two American rights collided headon: the acknowledged right to dissent within certain limits, and the equally valid right of a city to protect its citizens and its property. But what limits? And what kind of protection? Americans and the rest of the world were at first appalled by the way the police did battle with the demonstrators. But, almost immediately, pollsters reported that a majority of Americans believed that, given the provocation and the tense situation they encountered, Chicago's police had struck a notable blow for law and order. Months...
...time when Roman Catholicism is rent by internal rebellion and dissent, the church could use some aid. The Shoes of the Fisherman makes a pompous offering-and in the act of genuflecting, falls on its face...
...York and to TIME. Reporter Dennis Sullivan is a former seminarian who studied in Rome at the Gregorian University. He taught theology at St. John's University in New York before turning to journalism. Associate Editor Bruce Henderson, who wrote the cover story, is no stranger to religious dissent; he has been reporting on the current controversy since it started, and he wrote the Martin Luther cover for the Easter issue of 1967. Senior Editor John Elson, a seven-year veteran of the Religion section-both as writer and editor-has eleven Religion covers to his credit, including...
...with angry calls from Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev, who warned that the Russian army was capable of controlling the streets if Dubček was not. Dubček summoned student leaders to his office and sternly warned that the party would not tolerate any more anti-Soviet dissent. Later, as Prague grew tenser by the minute, he underscored the warning. At week's end the 6,000-man Prague garrison was placed on alert, and military policemen patrolled the streets carrying submachine guns. Though student leaders promised not to march in the streets, many...
...summer, Pope Paul VI promulgated his seventh encyclical, Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), which condemned all methods of contraception as against God's natural law. Since it reflected the views of a distinct minority of Catholic theologians and moralists, the encyclical created an unprecedented storm of protest and dissent within the church. Millions of laymen, priests and even bishops made it clear that they simply could not accept, without qualification, the teaching of Humanae Vitae. At the same time, many contended that their dissent in no way affected their standing as Catholics. By so doing, they raised much larger...