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...Working Atheist. The Soviet embassy informed Msgr. Jan Willebrands of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity (who had escorted Slipyi out of Russia) that Adzhubei would like a private audience with the Pope. The Vatican, wary of what the Communists would do with that in Italy's general election next month, refused, and suggested a general audience with other Vatican visitors. Adzhubei rejected that proposal, but the Vatican's subtle chief of protocol, Msgr. Igino Cardinale, figured out a deft compromise. Since officials of the Balzan Foundation* were scheduled to visit the Pope with the formal announcement that...
...reporters in the Vatican's gilded throne room, listened as the Pope spoke of the church's positive neutrality in the cold war, bowed his head when John gave his blessing. "A beautiful speech," said Adzhubei, who throughout his visit to Rome proudly labeled himself a "confirmed atheist...
...necessity of consular relationships between sovereign states. Asked at a Rome press conference about exchanging consuls with the Vatican, Adzhubei certified that it was "a good idea." Another reporter wondered if Father-in-Law Nikita, who may visit Rome later in the year, would also call on the Pope. Atheist Adzhubei, who earlier had noted that "the Pope does not bite,'' shrugged, and quoted in answer the 15th century Christian mystic Thomas â Kempis: "Man proposes, but God disposes...
...their contributions to medicine and chemistry. Dr. Crick, together with British Colleague Dr. Maurice Wilkins and U.S. Biologist Dr. James Watson, successfully postulated the infinitely complex molecular structure of DNA, which carries the determining genetic code from generation to generation. Tall, worldly and vaguely Edwardian, Crick is an avowed atheist who once resigned a Cambridge fellowship when his college announced plans to build a chapel. (''Why should I support the propagation of an error?") He is a brilliant, nonstop talker, was trained as a crystallographer before switching to biology. Crick's Who's Who biography lists...
...other personal affairs-support Daniel, who predicts his victory would be "a small stone that will start an avalanche" for religious freedom. Argued Father Daniel's counsel, Shalom Yaron: "The time has come for people in Israel to be like all others. Since the state considers an atheist a Jew, what is the logic in not considering a converted...