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New Pontiff Faces Historic Church Challenges
Vatican observers list major issues awaiting the new pope after John XXIII. Ecumenical Council continuation, world peace efforts, relations with communist regimes, red China persecutions, and Caribbean pressures shape a crossroads for the church in the modern era while local clergy training and racial equality remain priorities.
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UPI
Pope XXIII
Cuba
China
Europe
United States
Africa
Asia
Ecumenical Council
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Pius XII
Vatican
Pope John
Russia
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Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Thodox
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Msgr
Josyf Slipyi
Red China
Caribbean
Francois Duvalier
Pius XI
Laurean
Rugambwa
Tanganyika
South Africa