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...antiFascist, he made a postwar reputation in such Communist strongholds as Ravenna and Bologna, where he took the sting out of the Reds' propaganda by putting his weight behind social reforms. Hard-working as any Communist, he put on a spectacular Catholic youth festival in Bologna's Margherita Gardens (called the "Red Gardens") last month, outfacing Bologna's Red mayor (TIME, March 30). Lercaro feels that religion, largely through social-action projects, must close the gap. often found in Italy, between the church and a hard-pressed, often desperate working population. The fact that 19% of Italy...
...First Round. Cardinal Lercaro's red hat was barely two weeks old when he attempted his first major stroke of psychological warfare. There would be a huge pre-Lenten carnival for children, he announced, and it would be held in Margherita Gardens, the city park used so often for Communist rallies that Bolognesi call it "Red Gardens...
When the big day came, Comrade Dozza strutted and beamed. Some 400 children romped in the Sala Farnese-some in 18th century costumes, some dressed as little workers, with appropriate red masks. Outside, Margherita Gardens lay silent and deserted under a foot of snow, while the cardinal gloomed at home. With the long, austere days of Lent stretching ahead, it looked as if there would be no carnival that year...
Last week the appointed day came. A cold wind swept in from the Apennines and over Margherita Gardens. But 20,000 children-and thousands of grownups-cheered and laughed and danced there; 40 floats and 200 walking masks paraded past the reviewing stand, where happy Cardinal Lercaro stood, tossing out little sacks of cookies and sweets and being pelted with confetti and rice. A few days later, on St. Joseph's Day, the cardinal again broke out his carnival displays-the giant Mickey Mouse, the enormous papier-mâché caterpillar, the ducks and the Martian flying saucers...
When Belgium's 21-year-old King Baudouin, the world's most eligible bachelor monarch, left to join his family for a visit in Italy, wishful matchmakers thought they could hear the distant peal of royal wedding bells. The object of their speculation: Princess Margherita, 22, a cousin of the late King Victor Emmanuel. It was more than coincidence, they insisted, that members of both families had met in Rome and Florence...