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Died. Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, 84, former archbishop of Bologna, regarded by some Vatican watchers in 1963 as a possible successor to Pope John XXIII; in Bologna. As a parish priest in Genoa during World War II, Lercaro aided anti-Fascist partisans and refugees. As archbishop of Bologna (1952-68), he organized a group of young priests into the frati volanti (flying friars) to speak out at public rallies against the local Communist government. Lercaro also supported Vatican II reforms such as the vernacular Mass and argued that the church should end its "cultural colonialism" toward non-Europeans, especially in Africa...
Other watchers of the Italian scene helped out with the story. Reporter Walter Galling went to Bologna to cover the speeches of Christian Democratic Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini, and Reporter M.J. Wilson traveled to Naples on the heels of the Christian Democrats' ever-happy warrior, Amintore Fanfani. Stringer Maria Ondone flew to Sardinia to interview Berlinguer's relatives, friends and former teachers There she unearthed documents that included his baptismal certificate and an early appeal for free assembly that he wrote (in English) in 1944 to the Allied Military Government in Sardinia when he was secretary...
Moro was joined on the campaign trail by Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini, 64, who last week was felled by a prostate attack in Bologna. In a party that had been plagued by ineptitude and corruption, Zaccagnini, despite his age, had been billed as a fresh face and a genuine "Mr. Clean": his picture is on most D.C. campaign posters, along with the party's slogan: "The New D.C. has already begun." Speaking in Bologna last week before his attack, Mr. Clean admitted that the Communists had gone through "a significant evolution during the past ten years." But, he added...
...obviously startled Pope Paul, who referred elliptically to the election as "the forthcoming sociopolitical event," and angrily complained at a weekly audience: "Sometimes our dearest friends, our most trusted colleagues, those who share our table, are the very ones who turn against us." With the Pope's concurrence, Bologna's Antonio Cardinal Poma noted in his keynote address last week to a conference of 250 Italian bishops that Catholics who actively campaign for the Communists are cutting themselves off from the faith-a veiled threat of excommunication...
...cartoon in Bologna's daily Resto del Carlino recently portrayed Christian Democrat Premier Aldo Moro and Communist Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer as a cozy couple on the dance floor, while Socialist Party Chief Francesco de Martino stood alone growling "Hey, I thought this was supposed to be my dance." Italian politics being what it is, the caricature contained more truth than humor. Making good on a long-hinted threat, the Socialist Party last week withdrew its parliamentary support for Moro's fragile coalition government, thereby forcing the Cabinet to resign. With Italy still deep in its worst postwar...