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Perhaps because of this, Tehran permitted a tantalizing peek into the captives' lives. On Christmas Eve, Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, who represents the Vatican as the papal nuncio in Iran, was allowed to visit the Americans. He was taken blindfolded in a car on a ride so short that he assumed he was still in Tehran. So great is the mistrust in the city that even the revolutionary guards who rode along in the car also were blindfolded as they approached the secret destination. For nearly four hours, the monsignor chatted, sang and prayed with some...
...Christmas Day anxious relatives and other angry and frustrated Americans were permitted to see only a fleeting-and heavily edited-TV film clip of 16 of the hostages meeting the monsignor and three Iranian clergymen. There was no sound track. While a few of the Americans appeared to laugh or smile briefly, the general mood seemed somber. Americans at home could only wonder: Why were there no voices? How did the hostages really feel? Where were the others? Fears in the U.S. grew again...
...brought the total shown to 34. One photo was of U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Bruce Laingen, who has been held at the foreign ministry in Tehran. Some clearly had lost weight, but most looked reasonably healthy. And now their voices could be heard. Some sat beside the monsignor at a long table in a sparsely decorated-and thus unidentifiable-room. Only a Christmas tree brightened the scene. It was adorned with trinkets made by the Americans and topped by a yellow ribbon, a traditional American symbol of separated sweethearts. Some read statements into microphones; others spoke without notes...
...monsignor looked at the cold downpour that greeted Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at the Cologne airport Nov. 15 and said lightheartedly, "Luther's revenge at last." The chill was more than meteorological. The land of Martin Luther offered John Paul the coolest reception...
...Mary Cunningham sat in her hotel room at the Waldorf. She could not eat. Every so often, she stepped into the bathroom to vomit." Also: "The mildew of envy is a living, corroding organism in the corridors of power." Chairman Agee, Sheehy discloses, is currently taking Catholic instruction from Monsignor William Nolan, Cunningham's guardian since she was five. (Agee heatedly denies this.) For her part, Sheehy says that her story was based on 30 interviews, including three hours with Cunningham two years ago for another project, several follow-up chats and one hour with Agee. Said Sheehy: "This...