8 Jan.

The Society of Jesus announces that it will close two of its five training institutes because of declining applications. Woodstock College in New York and the Saint Louis School of Divinity will stop taking Jesuit students.

2 Feb.

Pope Paul VI nominates the Most Reverend Luis Aponte Martinez, archbishop of Puerto Rico, to the College of Cardinals. He is the first Puerto Rican to be named cardinal.

6 Apr.

Delegates of the eight Protestant denominations engaged in the Consultation on Church Union (COCU) vote to postpone indefinitely the study of plans for a merger called the Church of Christ Uniting.