Word: liverpool
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rome? San Francisco? Liverpool...
With the lads from Liverpool off conquering the States, the Stones blasted the likes of Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Swinging Blue Jeans out of England's Top Ten. At the not-so-subtle prompting of producer Andrew Oldham, the press created an image for the group: semi-civilized sex demons, interested only in violating white-skinned virgins and avoiding baths and haircuts. In March 1964, Melody Maker ran a headline which must have made the behind-the-scenes mastermind smile very broadly: "Would You Let Your Daughter Go With a Rolling Stone?" Said Oldham at the time...
With unemployment running at 18.7% in Liverpool, the Pope sought to inspire British youth: "The young, unable to find a job, feel cheated of their dreams, while those who have lost their jobs feel rejected and useless. . . All these ills of society could bring us to disillusionment and even despair if we were not a people of hope, if we did not have a deep and abiding confidence in the power and mercy of God." During the Liverpool motorcade, the Pope passed through Toxteth, the scene of last summer's ugly riots, which was decorated with photos, flowers...
...agenda reflected not the imperial hand of the Vatican conservative old guard, but the more cosmopolitan touch of Britain's Catholic hierarchy. All observers agreed that the Pope's visit was without doubt his most ecumenical tour. Two significant interchurch services took place in Canterbury and Liverpool, and there were several conferences with non-Catholic clergy, who received personal invitations from John Paul to continue the discussions later at the Vatican. "Next time in Rome," the Pope told them...
...seems very remote, if not impossible. But the Pope and Archbishop may have begun a process that could undo the inertia. Aside from future reunification, the "dialogue of charity" among separated Christians, the Pope claims, may already be contributing to an atmosphere of world peace. As he said in Liverpool, "We have to resolve important doctrinal issues. Yet already mutual love, our will for unity, can be a sign of hope in a divided world...