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Kent's advocacy of unilateral nuclear disarmament by Britain has touched off a controversy among the nation's Catholics about the proper approach of the church to nuclear arms policy. Kent's main ecclesiastical opponent is Archbishop Bruno Heim, Pro-Nuncio (ambassador) of the Holy See to Britain, who is strongly opposed to unilateral disarmament. In an amazingly candid letter to several British Catholics, which quickly became public, Heim suggested that the monsignor might be either an "idiot" or a conscious agent of Soviet designs...
Kent's arguments have angered many conservative British Catholics, who have protested to Archbishop Heim. He responded with a May 4 letter that was soon leaked to the press. Writing on his own and not at the Vatican's instruction, Heim stated that he favors multilateral and verifiable disarmament, and regards unilateral disarmament proposals as "mistaken." He also quoted Pope John Paul's qualified acceptance of nuclear deterrence if nations worked for disarmament. "Unilateralists are carrying out a one-sided campaign," Heim wrote, "and it is clear which side it benefits most." He continued, "Whether those doing...
Hume, however, clearly felt that Heim's attack on Kent went too far. The Cardinal made a point of appearing publicly with the monsignor and expressed his personal regard for the priest's integrity. The Cardinal's office also declared, "We are reaffirming the church's permission to allow Monsignor Kent to continue his work with C.N.D." At week's end it appeared that the Pro-Nuncio's attack had succeeded not so much in clarifying church teaching as in provoking Hume to back the monsignor's antinuclear ministry, at least until...
...BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING by Milan Kundera Translated by Michael Henry Heim Knopf; 228 pages...
...Dear Lord I Pray, Help the Cook Another Day." So reads the prayer put in the kitchen of the London mansion occupied by the Vatican's Ambassador to Britain, Swiss-born Archbishop Bruno Heim, 68. The supplicant chef frequently turns out to be Heim himself, who likes to slip an apron over his cassock to whip up sauces or stir his favorite golden champagne cocktails (ingredients: good champagne, a soupçon of pineapple juice, a splash of Cointreau, 12 oz. of soda and a tsp. of sugar). Heim, who speaks 14 languages, newly enjoys, as apostolic delegate, diplomatic...