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NATO-
THE CRUMBLING ALLIANCE
Eruptions at both ends of the Mediter–
ranean are causing anxiety in the West–
ern world.
WORLDWATCH
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News Edi tor Gene H. Hogberg takes a
look at the cunous spectacle of a world
arming to disarm.
WHY DO MEN (AND WOMEN)
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USE PROFANITY?
Herbert Armstrong explains the value
of a clean heart, mind ... and MOUTH
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NORTH SEA OIL
ls London depending too much upon
its new energy potential? Our British
correspondents report.
WHAT'S GOOD
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ABOUT THE ENERGY CRISIS?
The flip side of the crisis coin is spelled
"opportunity:· Science Editor Robert
Ginskey examines these benefits.
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CHURCHILL ON GOD
The eloquence of the ·· Man of the
Century ' · was not confined to political
speeches. His wntmgs also evoke a
mature faith in God .
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
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SPEAKS OUT!
The world is " freaking out " on religion,
claims Editor Garner Ted Armstrong .
Also note the radio / TV log, page 12.
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LIFE AFTER DEATH?
Opinion polls reveal that most people
are quite certain of their eterna! destiny.
But does God consult opinion polls?
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THE POPE'S ORIVE
FDR RECONCIUATIDN
by
Gerhard O Mar.
The posoooon of oho Roman Ponllff -
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Cathohc: termtnoJogy, v•ear of Chnst
and successor of 1he pronoe of ohe
aposoles. onlalhble when speaktng ex
cathedra -
os onc;reasongly beong chal·
lenged. bo1h onsode and outside lhe
Catholic church
There are ohoso who
seo
the Pope
somply as hoad of ohe largase church on
Chrostendom, vory much falllblo. woth
no more divine authority backing him
than any other relig•ous
or
civd feader
Many would hko to see the Pope di·
vested of much ol hos powerful on·
fluence over the hves of 600 molloon
Caoholics
Others. advocates of the papal ctaom
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represent
the d•v•ne wtll, are assen–
ong the doctnne of papalonfallibohty w i th
1ncreasing strenglh Rocently. the Vatt·
can·s Sacred Congregallon foro he Doc·
orone of che Faioh lssued
a
strong
statement denouncing d•ssident theolo.
goan Hans Küng's voew chao the Pope os
not onfalloble.
Papal supponers
sea
a great need for
Vattean mterventlon at e ume when the
world
is
on dore need of fondong soluttons
to its manofold problems Catholic
scholar Wolham Peterfo. wntong in the
Vattean's
L'Osservalore Romano,
as·
serts that ..most nations approve and
ondeed expeco the Popo
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speak out on
subjecos of intornational problems be–
cause they realize that there is in this
world hardly any ooher meanongful
source
that can cta1m
uncorrupted moral
leadershop •·
Chatlenges and Achievements
The reogn of 77-year-old Paul VI
the 264th boshop ol Rome - has not
been
without
1ts
mternal
confltcts
that
seemed for a timo to threaoen
a
ohird
schism in che ch urch Challenges
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pa·
pal authority. robellion among priests
and nuns on the questlon of celibacy.
and strong dosagreements w ith che
Pope·s decosoon on bonh control have
marred an otherw1S.O successful rule. as
vtewed lrom che Vatocan
But church offiCtals conoend that the
Pope·s
t
2-year tenure of offtoe has no1
been without rts ach•evements.
most
noticeable of whlch has beon Paul VI"s
aim
to
break down the barners between '
the Aoman See and ohe non-Catholic
world. His encounter w•th the Ecumeni ..
cal Patriarch of Easoern Orthodoxy.
Athenagoras l. hos vosot to the Holy
land. and lhe VaiiCan ·s own versoon of
OslpO/itilc
woth tho Communist world
have conslltuted molesoones on this di·
rectkln. The theme of reconc•liation
1s
hoghlighted by the proclamation of
1975 as a church ..Holy Year"· dedi·
cated to
" renewaland reooncihat1on."
To emphasi'e this theme the Vaoican
has planned a march of reconcil iation to
take place in Rome this month. Catho-
loes and non·Catholics alike woll as–
semble for a marathon walk carryong
palm and oltve branc:hes. The 150-mole
rourney from AsstSSI to Aome woll take
one week. and the parttctpants w•ll ar·
nve at St Peter"s on Easter Sunday
Somo of the polgnms woll then movo on
to Jerusalom
M lddle East Focus Growing
In onstituung ohe Holy Year. Pope
Paul os underoaking a shrewd oacucal
maneuver He os both moving
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unoly
tho dovoded Catholic church and at ohe
same ume focusmg world attenuon on
the Vauean' s •nterest m Jerusalem
The sorofe-torn and war-wearv Holy
Coty has been on che Pope·s thoughts of
late Not long ago, Paul haoled Jerusa·
lem
as the "capital of
monotho•sm
"
..We look ao Jerusalem wtlh love." · he
staoed at anooher time and assured
l sraers Monlster of Tourism. Mosho Kol,
on h•s v1s11 to the Vatican, that 1he
church would encourage Chnsuans on
vosot
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Aome durong Holy Year to exoend
oheor polgromage
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Jerusalem The
lsraelt oHoaal onformed the Pope that
the natoonal aorhnes ol both Israel and
ltatv aro granung polgnms makong che
onward 1ourney to Jerusalcm sub·
stanuol fore reductions.
to encourago
this
sp~rh
of
·reconcdiation
•·
In proclaomlng the Holy Vear. the
ponoiff romondod his audoence that tho
very proceden! lor the Roman Cathohc
Holy Vear
tS
ohe Jewish Jubolee Vear
The Vat•can went so far as to cuculate to
ots CathoiiC dooceses worldwode an ar·
tiCie wrouen by Rabbi Marc Tanenbeum
onutled. 'The Holy Year and lts Orogons
on
the Jewosh Jubolee Year •·
··rrue Dialogue·· Sought With Jewe
Cont•nu1ng the reconciliation momo•'l·
tum. Popo Paul has called lor
a ..
truo
dialogue.. between Judaism and Cnris·
toanoly As pert of the dialogue proce·
dure. Holy Year seminars are beong held
over the noxt few monohs on both Rome
and Jerusalem. auended on each case
by Jewosh and Catholic representauves
lntorfaoth doalogues have been oon·
ductod for a number of years. culmmal·
t ng on the creation recently of
a
Commissoon for Relogious Relations wooh
the Jows. However. smce 1he comm1S·
sion falls under the Secretaria! for Chris–
tian Unity,
it
has
raised
susp•c•on in
somo Jewosh circles that the church
seeks the even1ual evangelizauon of ohe
Jewosh people
Jerusalem. holy city to the world
s
three ma•n reltgtons. thus takes on
added domensoon with growong Vaoocan
involvement tt is felt by somo that Paut
VI would consider it his crowning
achievement
if
he were callad upon
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play a decisivo role in the establishmont
of a durable peace in Jerusalem. o
WEEK ENDING MARCH 2l. 197S