Admonishment From Pope
(N.Z. P.A. -Reuter— Copyright) CASTEL GANDOLFO, September 12.
Pope Paul has admonished independent-minded Roman Catholic groups as “undocile and superficial bodies that only grudgingly accept Church authority.” Referring to the discussion and action groups that have sprung up since the Vatican Council, the Pontiff said yesterday he respected and sympathised with this “spiritual flowering,” but it was often anti-institutional, outside normal Roman Catholic activity and, thus, lost its influence. The Associated Press reports from Washington that Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle condemned as “erroneous, scandalous and offensive to faithful Catholics” the voice of di® sent from Pope Paul’s encyclical on artificial birth control.
The cardinal's pronouncement was a new move In the controversy that has pitted him against 51 priests in the Washington diocese who contend that the issue is one of I individual conscience.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31784, 14 September 1968, Page 20
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