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...such productions as the bitingly antiwar Good Soldier: Schweik (1928), fled the Nazis in 1933, but returned after the war to continue his contro versial themes, most notably in 1963, when he staged the world premiere in Berlin of The Deputy, Rolf Hochhuth's stinging indictment of Pope Pius XII's wartime attitude toward Jews; of a ruptured gall bladder; in Starnberg, Bavaria...
...council's work may have only limited effects in the world of politics, economics and other "practical" matters-but effects there will be. For one thing, the Church of the Council has a new attitude toward Communism, contrasting with the almost crusading anti-Communism of Pius XI and Pius XII. While Paul, more conservative than John, has warned afresh of Communism's errors, Vatican diplomats have been busy negotiating better operating conditions for the church in Iron Curtain countries. Nowhere in council pronouncement is there a condemnation of Communism by name. There is room for debate about...
...Cardinal Spellman condemned both the prurience and lechery in Baby Doll-a judgment delivered in the exercise of a right, but nonetheless one widely criticized as employing a pulpit so powerful that the denunciation amounted to censorship. But a change of climate was taking place, and in 1957 Pope Pius XIIs encyclical Miranda Prorsus (The Remarkable Inventions) suggested that Catholics should be more concerned about encouraging good movies than condemning bad ones...
...which redefines the relationship between Scripture and tradition; another on the laity, which promotes laymen from the classical "pray, pay and obey" position to a role of Christian witness with less supervision from the clergy. Paul also announced that he will start proceedings for the beatification of Popes Pius XII and John XXIII, which could lead to canonizing them as saints...
...Pope Pius XII thereupon prohibited the priests from working in factories more than three hours a day, forbade them to join unions, ordered them to live in religious communities. Some priests left the church, some left the movement, and about 50 stubbornly persisted in their ministry, working as truck drivers, electricians, factory-hands, farm laborers. With the ascension of Pope John, the French hoped for a more sympathetic Vatican stand, and were stunned when, in 1959, the ban was strengthened. Still, French bishops permitted the movement to continue clandestinely and persistently argued that the Vatican should give it a second...