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...spirit shown by the world's bishops. Holy Office Consuitor Antonio Piolanti, Rector Magnificus of the Lateran University, warned that "there are rationalist theologians going about Rome seducing innocent foreign bishops," and ominously told one of his classes: "Remember, the Pope can be deposed if he falls into heresy." In the preparatory stage, Cardinal Ottaviani had rejected any help from the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. Said an Ottaviani aide: "We don't need you. We judge you." Rome's right-wing press joined in with frequent attacks on the direction of the council...
...know Rahner's work have strong opinions about him. U.S. Jesuit Theologian Gustave Weigel calls him "the world's greatest theologian." Many conservative churchmen, on the other hand, view Rahner's work with suspicion and hostility. Three weeks ago, Monsignor Francesco Spadafora of Rome's Lateran University told a gathering of Mexican bishops that Rahner was a "formal heretic." Cardinal Ottaviani, too, suspects Rahner. has tried three times to get Rahner's work formally condemned, and last month vainly asked Pope John to send Rahner back to Innsbruck...
...councils of the Middle Ages, beginning with First Lateran in 1123, dealt primarily with the discipline of the Western church. Fourth Lateran, convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215, was attended (according to tradition) by St. Francis and St. Dominic, condemned clerical loose-living, and approved rules for the Inquisition. Two of the medieval councils-Lyon (1274) and Florence (1439-45)-tried to patch up the breach between Eastern and Western Christianity that had existed since 1054. A delegation of Greek bishops at Florence recognized Pope Eugenius IV as head of the church. But Orthodox monks and parish priests were...
...flickering candlelight of Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran last week, a bald, stocky American lay prostrate before the altar and was ordained a priest in the long, ancient ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church. At 53, J. Garvan...
Himself a Catholic and a key figure in the Christian Democratic Party, Gronchi was so annoyed by the Vatican's attitude that he grumbled aloud that "among other matters subject to revision" was the Lateran Treaty of 1929, which regulates relations between church and state in Italy. In the end Italy's Cabinet approved Gronchi's mission to Moscow in January, but also unanimously agreed that any exchange of visits should be limited to "heads of state, to avoid the possibility that Khrushchev could reciprocate by coming to Italy." Russia's aging figurehead. President Kliment Voroshilov...