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...rumblings on the specific issue of divorced Catholics were in large part stirred by the Pope himself. Shortly after rising to the papacy, Benedict said the problem needed "study." During a July 2005 meeting with priests from the Italian mountain region of Valle d'Aosta, the Pope said: "We all know that this is a particularly painful situation. None of us has a ready-made solution, because each person's situation is different...
Whether espousing church doctrine or schussing down a snowy slope, John Paul II has always enjoyed lofty perspectives. Last week the high-minded Pope was in his element during a 24-hour visit to the mountainous northern Italian region of Val d'Aosta. No one wanted to risk a papal stumble, of course. So he was helicoptered on a sightseeing tour of the area around Mont Blanc, Europe's tallest peak (elevation 15,771 ft.), and troops checked every possible loose rock at the places where he was to set down. The Pope nonetheless did his best...
...supply, welfare and local planning. But they may well find themselves running afoul of Rome quite often until the areas of authority are clearly worked out. Five such councils are already operating on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and in the northern border regions of Valle D'Aosta, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where the demand for local government has been particularly strident. In this week's elections members of similar councils are being selected in the 15 other principal regions of mainland Italy. Twelve of the 15 lean toward the Christian Democrats...
Like the Caesars. There are other reminders. Near Rome's Duca d'Aosta bridge over the Tiber is an obelisk on which his name is inscribed. Communists once demanded that the stone, marking the former Foro Mussolini, be removed or rechiseled. The government ruled that Mussolini had become just one more dictator in the city's history, along with Caesar, Caracalla or the 14th century Cola di Rienzi. Like them, he was entitled to a place in the ruins...
...graceful concrete pylons. On the Italian side, another such road, pyloned and covered (for protection against snow and landslides) moves 6.4 miles in graceful hairpin turns down to St. Rhémy. Motorists have the impression of driving along an enormous veranda with breath-taking views of the Aosta valley, 1,000 ft. below...