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...second moment of high drama in the Pope's eight-day pilgrimage to his homeland was expected to occur this week, when he met with Lech Walesa, the ebullient, mustachioed electrician who has become an international symbol of the outlawed Solidarity movement. The Pope's conversations with the two main protagonists on the Polish scene would accent the central position that the church continues to occupy there. The visit also underscored the Pope's moral authority. Initially, the government had refused to allow Walesa to see him. It relented only after John Paul insisted upon the session...
...most conspicuous diplomatic departure has been the Socialists' emphasis on Latin America and what the government calls the "historic Hispanic link." Accordingly, González has paid increasing attention to strife-torn Central America, where his views diverge sharply from those of the Reagan Administration. During an eight-day tour of the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico earlier this month, Gonzalez repeatedly criticized U.S. policy in the area for what he regards as its overly military-oriented approach...
...linksters appear to be adjusting well to Northern courses after their eight-day tour of Bermuda over spring break. Yesterday's match served as something of a tune up for next Tuesday's Greater Boston Championships...
...only way of avoiding hopeless involvement in a Central American quagmire. The idea, which was promoted by France and Mexico in 1981, has the backing of a number of other West European and Central American governments. It gained further momentum during Pope John Paul II's recent eight-day trip through the region, during which he issued a call for "dialogue" between the adversaries in El Salvador. In principle everyone, including President Reagan, endorses the idea. But everyone also has his own notion of what such talks should and should not cover, and of who should be talking...
...pilgrimage had been described as a "purely pastoral" visit. But as Pope John Paul IPs eight-day trip to Central America and Haiti drew to a close last week, the dividing line between religion and politics seemed to have all but disappeared. On none of his previous 16 foreign voyages had the Pontiff so consistently called for social justice, and seldom have his words and gestures been so carefully watched. Said a Vatican official traveling with the Pope: "Even when he says Mass it seems to have political implications...