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Since his conviction on July 22,1981, Agca has been serving part of a life sentence in the prison's maximum-security wing. When the Pope arrived in his cell, Agca was dressed in a blue crew-neck sweater, jeans and blue-and-white running shoes from which the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope John Paul II: I Spoke... As a Brother | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

The extraordinary scene of Pope John Paul II huddled in intense conversation with his would-be assassin had an emblematic quality for hundreds of millions of Roman Catholics. In appearance, if not content, it echoed an ancient tradition of the church: confession of personal sins to a priest.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Echo of an Ancient Rite | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

Going to confession is never easy, but it can try men's souls in Moscow. Since KGB agents presumably keep electronic ears tuned to the foreign community in the Soviet capital, many diplomats, journalists and businessmen who want to confer privately with a priest suspect that their innermost thoughts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Confessions | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

Father Robert Fortin, 51, the American Roman Catholic chaplain who holds Mass each Sunday for many in the foreign community at the U.S. embassy snack bar or in his apartment on Kutuzovsky Prospect, has come up with a practical way for his parishioners to ease their consciences without fear of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Confessions | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

It is a sad confession for a rich, well-beloved man in the prime of life. But if work is his undoing, it is also his consuming interest. He prefers couture because the fine fabrics make him feel "like a wood sculptor who gets to work with the finest ebony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Designer at Home | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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