ON THE WORLD SCENE - Gene H Hogberg - August 07, 1978

Gene H Hogberg

The big news over the weekend, of course, concerns the death of Pope Paul VI. The pontiff was close to 81 years of age, having ruled over the Roman Catholic Church for 15 years, ever since the death of Pope John XXIII in 1963. He presided over the church during, perhaps, some of its most tumultous years of modern times, initiating many changes in Roman Catholic beliefs and customs while affirming traditional views in other areas, such as celibacy and birth control. He was a heretic to some, a stubborn arch-conservative to others. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library