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...Pope told the great crowd that he had criticized communism not for its economic shortcomings but rather because it "violated or jeopardized the dignity of the person." That was the same papal language used in Canada in 1984, and one hears traces of it today, most recently in Havana when the Pope met with Fidel Castro...
...alive when John Paul II is dead in 50 years, and their recall will be sensual. I saw him in January, with the usual million people, including Fidel Castro. There was some trepidation about the Pope's health at the Sunday Mass. The Pope was cautiously introduced by Havana's Jaime Cardinal Ortega. We heard then the voice of the Pope. Not very expressive, but the Spanish he spoke was well turned and clearly enunciated. In a matter of seconds he communicated his special, penetrating, transcendent warmth. Close-up we could see the ravages of his apparent affliction (Parkinson...
...Pentagon long ago concluded that Cuba is no military threat to the U.S.,? says TIME correspondent Doug Waller. ?In fact the military privately favors normalizing relations with Havana -- they think our policy down there is pretty backward. But such conclusions inflame the passions of legislators who want to present Cuba in a more menacing light.? All of which leaves Cohen to do some creative editing in order to humor those who believe ?Red Dawn? was a documentary...
...Paul by giving workers time off. He identified himself with the Pope's views on hunger, poverty and social justice. And he pressed Cubans to consider the visit primarily a show of support. "We're not here because he is the Pope," said Aimee Vaillant, a 26-year-old Havana nurse, "but because his visit is an honor to Cuba...
...Sunday, after a grand-scale Havana Mass, the Pope will go home, the picture of Jesus will come down and little will have visibly changed. Cubans often seemed more respectful of the man than moved by his words. The Vatican said Castro agreed to "consider" freeing some political prisoners as the Pope has asked, but there is little sign yet of tangible concessions to requests for more priests, parochial schools or media access. What impact the Pope has on this aging revolution will mainly be measured in human hearts, where any real challenge to the Cuban system will have...