People, Feb. 7, 1972

Tall, white and handsome, the Most Rev. Michael Ramsey, hundredth Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, made ecclesiastical history by preaching in Manhattan's Roman Catholic St. Patrick's Cathedral at a service attended by Terence Cardinal Cooke and Archbishop lakovos of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America. He also caught a performance of the controversial rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar and observed: "In spite of everything, a bit of Christianity did come over." Other Ramseyisms: "There is a bit of a wish for women priests in England,...

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