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There is neither appeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman Pontiff...
...walk-ons," accepted for their talents in non-athletic realms, but no less an integral part of the team than their recruited teammates. In addition, the extensive intramural program and outstanding sports facilities here provide ample opportunity for all students to participate in pursuit of the Greco-Roman ideal. One might justifiably state that Harvard takes more steps than any other institution in the country to see that this ideal may be achieved...
...entrenched values, religion presents perhaps the greatest obstacle to population control. Roman Catholics have fought against national family- planning efforts in Mexico, Kenya and the Philippines, while Muslim fundamentalists have done the same in Iran, Egypt and Pakistan. Still, religious objections need not entirely thwart population planning. Where such resistance is encountered, vigorous campaigns should be mounted to promote natural birth-control techniques, including the rhythm method and fertility delay through breast feeding...
...week seemed to capture perfectly the changes that the tragedy has wrought in the Soviet Union. There, at the same table in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, sat Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, representing a state that officially avows atheism, and Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa, founder of the Roman Catholic Society of the Missionaries of Charity and one among 2,000 foreign volunteers taking part in the unprecedented relief effort. The tiny, veiled nun nodded approvingly as the Communist official showed her a new information bulletin created to help reunite missing family members. It was an unusual concordat...
...Episcopal bishops are certain to follow the vote with their own endorsement of Harris, but the conflict is not likely to end with her installation, probably in February. The advent of women as bishops, for one thing, will delay any hoped-for reunion between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism -- by several hundred years, reckons one Anglican ecumenist.* More ! immediate is the serious split that will occur within the 60 million-member Anglican Communion. One side is ready to recognize Harris and subsequent women bishops and to accept the priests they ordain. The other side will refuse. Matters are bound...