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In his first extra-Roman excursion, to the Adriatic port of Bari on May 29, Benedict seemed uncomfortable with the chants of "Be-ne-det-to!" by young Catholics eager to pick up the old "Gio-van-ni Paolo!" tradition. (In subsequent weeks, he even shushed them.) "John Paul built...
The deadly July 7 bombings in London exposed the Pope's desire to be heard on the topic of Islam. Within hours of the carnage, the Italian newswire ANSA reported that he intended to call the attack "anti-Christian." It seemed a harsh and narrow attribution, and indeed his actual...
After years of anticipating a European excursion, I knew exactly how I would spend my first day in Madrid. First, I would stroll down a scenic street called “Paseo del Prado.” Lined with countless trees and bright flowers, its sidewalk painters, musicians, and booksellers...
After the excursion to Monaco, I spent the evening watching fireworks at Cannes from the deck of a trimaran boat. Putting aside the watercolor I had been apathetically painting, I sat back and took in the omnipresent smell of sea salt and smoke and the shimmering silhouettes of overly-friendly...
A round of official Icelandic receptions was politely turned down by the U.S. and Soviet delegations; both pleaded the burdens of work. But with a news black-out in effect much of the time, reporters bore no such burdens. The Icelanders essentially put on a huge trade show for their...