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Article: POPE WILL ARRIVE IN U.S. FACING A CATHOLIC HOUSE DIVIDED JOHN PAUL II 'DEEPLY TROUBLED' BY CONTROVERSIES.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 6, 1987
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Byline: Vic Ostrowidzki Hearst Washington Bureau
In America, a land of nearly 53 million Catholics, Pope John Paul II will encounter a church caught in the throes of discontent, with many members in rebellion against Vatican authority on critical moral and social issues.
As the charismatic pontiff prepares for his second papal visit to the United States, his confidants report that he is "deeply troubled" by growing dissidence among many American Catholics who conduct their private lives independent of church doctrine on a number of sexual issues.
In a 10-day tour, stretching from Florida across the Sun Belt to Texas and California and then to ...