Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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¶Archbishop José Humberto Quintero, 58, of Caracas, Venezuela, was born of humble parents in the Andean village of Mucuchies, near Mérida, won scholarships to continue his education in Rome and eventually became dean of Mérida University's law school. A genial, round-faced...
¶ Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba, 69, of Bogotá, Colombia, was born to a powerful and cultured family (his father was President of Colombia from 1914 to 1918). A shy, modest man, Archbishop Concha Córdoba is recognized to be an able administrator with a forward-looking...
¶ The most Rev. Giuseppe Ferretto. 61, a noted archaeologist and Secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals, has held an impressive number of Vatican administrative posts, dealing with law, education, emigration, communications, and the church's overseas affairs.
* Giving the U.S. six cardinals. The others: Spellman of New York, Meyer of Chicago, McIntyre of Los Angeles, Cushing of Boston, and Muench, former bishop of Fargo, N.Dak., now serving at the Vatican Curia.
"Terrible equivocation . . . pious religious jargon . . . long-winded double-talk . . ." With these epithets an Episcopal minister defied the rules of his church and sprayed scorn upon his bishops' attempt to guide their faithful.