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...came out of the evening shadows, amid pilgrims' candles and prayers, dressed in clerical garb and brandishing a 16-in. bayonet. Just as Pope John Paul II mounted the steps of the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, carrying his own candle toward an altar outside the shrine, the black-clad figure lunged toward him. An alert Portuguese security guard swiftly wrestled the attacker into custody, but not before the man had come within a scant 3 ft. of John Paul. The Pope, indeed, was jostled as other security men pounced on the assailant, but frowning slightly...
...possible, or even wise, for a Pope to plan on a summer visit to his beloved homeland, which last week was the scene of new national unrest? Even as Pope John Paul II and his entourage were preparing for this week's pastoral tour of Fatima and other Portuguese cities, they were reassessing the risks and opportunities of the politically sensitive journey to England later this month and a possible pilgrimage to Poland in August...
...three papal excursions, the Fatima visit was by far the easiest to decide. For some time the Pope has wanted to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to give thanks for his recovery from the attempted assassination of last May 13-the 64th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin at Fatima...
...Catholic hierarchy. But he will no doubt listen with special attentiveness to American Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, who handles the logistics and security for papal trips. By week's end, the archbishop was in constant touch with Portuguese authorities ("There will be police and security men everywhere," said one Fatima official) and worrying, next things next, about details of the trip to England...
...trouble starts when Mme Arcati (Fatima Mahdi), a bicycling enthusiast and old-fashioned medium given to "ectoplasmic manifestations" enters the scene. Madhdi's Mme Arcati is a short overly made-up lightening-tongued horror, but since this is precisely what Coward must have intended, Mahdi must be credited with a truly inspired bit of comic acting...