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...called it a Christmas pilgrimage to the Holy Land. But Archbishop Desmond Tutu has never allowed his religious calling to prevent him from actively engaging in politics in South Africa, his home, and he behaved no differently abroad. To the studied discomfort of the Israeli government, which maintains close ties to Pretoria, Tutu used his visit to the Jewish state to air some outspokenly pro-Palestinian views...
Rubino said during the half-hour hearing that the general had been told Wednesday that protection would be withdrawn as crowds surrounded the Vatican Embassy in Panama City. He said Noriega surrendered to avoid further bloodshed. However, the archbishop of Panama said the surrender followed Noriega's realization he had lost all support...
...Archbishop Marcos McGrath said Noriega would have a fair trial and greater personal security if he went to the United States, but said, "He will have to leave by his own decision...
...work of the Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). The group claims to have 40 chapters in the U.S. as well as others in Paris, Berlin and London. Another AIDS protest group this month threw red paint on four Catholic churches in Los Angeles and left posters of Archbishop Roger Mahony labeled MURDERER. In San Francisco gay activists smeared handprints in paint and hung posters depicting sex acts in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption and the archdiocese chancery...
...flown to the U.S. The murders were also carried out during the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, when only the military is on the streets of the capital. "This was done by the military or by people closely allied to the military," says Arturo Rivera Damas, the Archbishop of San Salvador...