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Bishops around the world are called upon to write regulations tailoring the Pope's "general norms" to their own situations. According to Archbishop Pio Laghi, new head of the Vatican education office (and former Vatican pro- nuncio, or ambassador, to the U.S.), each nation's bishops will bear the responsibility of enforcing the regulations -- though perhaps by acting collectively, not as individuals...
Thus began an eleven-day test of wills as the Spanish-born papal nuncio used psychological pressure and logic to convince his guest that Noriega's best, indeed only, option was to give himself up. Upholding the Vatican tradition of granting sanctuary to anyone fleeing persecution, Laboa would not kick the general out. But he had no intention of allowing him to prolong his stay indefinitely...
...protecting Noriega; Belgica de Castillo, the former head of the immigration department, and her husband Carlos Castillo. Laboa at first saw the foursome as an obstacle in his psychostruggle with the general. Later he concluded that they too were pressing him to give up. As an insurance policy, the nuncio sent a written request to Major General Marc Cisneros, deputy head of the U.S. Southern Command, that American troops should storm the nunciature if its staff was threatened by Noriega and his friends...
...told Laboa, would be allowed to fly to exile in the Dominican Republic. Proud to the end, Noriega wanted to wear his general's uniform and surrender only to a general officer. Laboa, who had outwitted his adversary, said that would be fine. "I'm better at psychology," the nuncio summed up later. "He's more cunning than intelligent. Without his pistol, he is manageable by anyone...
Facing U.S. drug charges, the deposed Panamanian leader could raise embarrassing questions: What did the President know, and when did he know it? -- How a wily papal nuncio in Panama City outwitted an unwelcome guest. -- A baffling shift in a murder case stirs racial tension in Boston...