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...arrival of the papal plane at Ciampino airport, the wire reporter's C-plus grade for the Pontiff had been bumped up to a B-minus. Maybe it was the Israeli chardonnay served onboard. Maybe it was simply an acknowledgment that we - and the Pontiff - were safely back in Rome...
...some "unknown", but for the hometown priest-made-pope. Still, with surveys showing faith on the wane on the native soil of the Holy Father, the Pope was doing his best to keep positive as he spoke with reporters just before takeoff on a jet at Rome's Ciampino airport...
...packed itinerary recalls John Paul's trips before his health began to fail. But the departed Pope was on the press corps' mind even before we took off from Rome's Ciampino airport this morning. Would the new Pontiff follow his predecessor's footsteps to the back of the plane to chat with the 50 or so reporters on board? Yes, was the answer, but briefly. After saying he was "moved" and counting on young people "as a force for peace," his spokesman cut off our questions even though Benedict appeared ready to take more. But there are certain decisions...
Catching an airplane at most major European airports last week was a little like participating in military maneuvers. London's busy Heathrow was boxed by tanks with cannons uncovered and Grenadier Guards in battle kit. Rome's Ciampino had a sandbagged machine gun nest atop its control tower manned by helmeted carabinieri. Armed Jeeps escorted aircraft along the runways of Orly outside Paris, while 850 flics and special riot troopers kept suspicious eyes on passenger traffic inside the terminal. Everywhere from Amsterdam to Athens there were gun-toting guards and behind them, plainclothes marksmen...
After landing at Rome's Ciampino airport, Perón greeted a moderately enthusiastic crowd of fellow Argentines with a smiling "?Bueno, bueno!" But it was not exactly a triumphal arrival. Among those absent was Argentina's anti-Peronist ambassador to Rome; he was at the Italian foreign office demanding to know why Perón, who is not a head of state, had been met at the airport by the public relations head of the government-run broadcasting system. The answer was that the p.r. man was a good friend...