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HOSPITALIZED. John Krol, 76, staunchly conservative Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia and Polish-American Cardinal who is one of the handful of Americans closest to Pope John Paul II; for treatment of diverticulosis; in Philadelphia...
...whites-only national election. A jubilant State President P.W. Botha, whose party increased its seats in Parliament, went on national television after declaring victory and said, "The outside world must accept that the white electorate is here to stay and has a special duty in South Africa." To Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the country's best-known blacks, the election carried a very different lesson. Said the 1984 Nobel Peace laureate: "We have entered the darkest age in the history of our country...
...former member of Aquino's Presidential Commission on Human Rights: "It's a dangerous phenomenon that can easily get out of hand." Conservatives, including many officials of the Roman Catholic Church, counter that the people have a right to self-protection. The vigilantes, says Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken Archbishop of Manila, represent the "people reacting to the violence of the rebels." Says Army Commanding General Rodolfo A. Canieso: "It is the inherent right of a citizen to defend himself. Everything else is politics...
...years since a Greek Orthodox priest first raised the banner of revolution against Ottoman rule, affairs of church and state in Greece have been closely intertwined. Last week in Athens the church, under the leadership of Archbishop Seraphim, again raised its standard, this time against the Socialist government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Black-robed priests joined more than 50,000 supporters outside Parliament, waving crucifixes and chanting, "Hands off the church...
With just over a month to go, the front runners, not surprisingly, are Nelson Mandela, the black nationalist leader who has been imprisoned since 1962, and Oliver Tambo, the exiled head of the outlawed African National Congress. Nobel-prizewinning Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu runs a close third. Even some whites received approving nods, from the opposition politicians Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Helen Suzman to Communist Party Chief Joe Slovo, the sole white member of the ANC executive committee. But most surprising of all, State President P.W. Botha turned up in 14th place...