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Pope Opens World Synod Debates on Papal Authority
Pope Paul VI opened the World Synod of Bishops session and created a Commission for Controversial Questions led by Cardinal Pericle Felici to speed work amid clashes over papal authority. Conservatives like Cardinal Wyszynski defend papal supremacy while liberals decry vague Vatican reports and push for collegial study. Scuffling between factions outside the papal window underscored tensions.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
World Synod of Bishops
Vatican
Pericle Felici
Special Commission
Joseph Cordeiro
Karachi
Stefan Trochta
Litomerice
Czechoslovakia
Stefan Wyszynski
Poland
Holy Father
Julius Dopenner
Munich
Franjo Seper
Vatican Congregation For the Doctrine
Doperner
Seper
College of Bishops
New International Theological Commission
Depernor
Leo J. Suenens
Belgium
Bernard J. Alfrink
Holland
Franziskus Koenig
Astria