Word: cesidio
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Official forbearance eventually gave way under the pressure of the press. Jordanian troops escorting what was soon dubbed "the papalcade" eventually resorted to muscle, swagger sticks and gun butts to keep order in the unholy mess. Cesidio Lolli, sedate papal diarist for L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican daily, lost his temper after a manhandling by Arab Legionnaires. "You may be the soldiers of Herod," he snapped, "but please remember that I am not a Christian infant...
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