Normal Parents Lead Charge Against School Prayer in Lockport
ACLU spokeswoman Paula Rosner says normal middle class parents challenged prayers in a Lockport third grade classroom, leading to an January halt without court action. Mrs. Jones, Roman Catholic, transferred her daughter after officials stopped the prayers, arguing prayers should not reflect any single belief. The case highlights concerns that classroom prayer conflicts with constitutional rights and private religious beliefs.
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Lockport
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Rosner
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Ken
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Pope elevates 28 to cardinal amid U.S. and Third World ranks
Pope John Paul II created 28 new cardinals in a private Consistory Hall ceremony, with John O'Connor of New York and Bernard Law of Boston among the U.S. electees. The group includes Archbishops Miguel Obando y Bravo of Managua, Juan Francisco Fresno Larrain of Santiago, Paulos Tzadaua of Addis Ababa, and Henryk Gulbmovicz of Wroclaw, marking first-time cardinals from Nicaragua and Ethiopia and reflecting shifting church power dynamics.
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Mexico
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Managua
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Santiago
Chile
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Addis Ababa
Henryk Roman Gulbmowicz
Wroclaw
Solidarty Union
Solidarty
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St. O'Connor
Peter's Square
Bravo
John O'Connor
Vatican
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Red hats carry power beyond religious bounds in Vatican ascent
Vatican coverage notes that cardinals wield prestige beyond faith, with 1981 surgery costs spared and the ceremonial red hat marking a career peak. It cites Cardinal Jaame Sin’s treatment, Pope John Paul II’s 1980s elevation plans for Bernard Law and John O’Connor, and the diminished lay power of modern cardinals while noting protections like imperpetibility in hostile regimes.
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South African minister urges action on apartheid in Syracuse
Rev Samson Daba, a South African Episcopalian pastor, said most blacks lack basic rights under apartheid and urged nonviolent church-led action. Speaking in Syracuse during a U.S. tour, he described housing and school segregation, parliamentary exclusion, and government oppression, calling for global church solidarity and concrete plans to aid his people.
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Dutch Reformed Church
South Africa
North Side
Dorothy Campbell
Sens
Christmas gesture shatters Limavady ecumenism
On Christmas Day 1983 in Limavady two young priests, Rev Kevin Mullan and Rev David Armstrong, crossed religious lines to wish each other’s congregations a merry Christmas. The bold act sparked protests, led to Armstrong leaving Northern Ireland for Britain, and deepened local sectarian divisions. Protests continued into 1984 with demonstrators outside the Presbyterian church and bitter letters in the press, while some see reconciliation as possible despite the ongoing feud.
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Wesley MacDowell
Paisley
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