Word: papal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Muslims attempted an assassination and blamed us?' " John Paul sent a personal envoy to Karadzic to get him to repeat the same thing to his face. He did. That indirect but personal threat -- together with the dangers facing the citizens of Sarajevo who would gather for a papal Mass -- scuttled the trip. "We thought of publishing the real reason why the trip could not take place," said Navarro. "But in the end we just said, 'We cannot...
...year. Six families were relocated to make way for this monument to the city's favorite son. In the second-floor flat, Sister Magdalena, a knowledgeable if sometimes stern tour guide, shows off memorabilia such as the young Karol's favorite canoe paddle, his hickory skis and the three papal robes John Paul donated as exhibits. Please stop by the gift shop before you leave, she advises visitors. And please do pick up a copy of the Pope's new book. When that volume was first published in Poland this year, copies were so scarce -- the publisher had severely underestimated...
Utterly loyal and discreet, Dziwisz (pronounced Gee-vish) served as Wojtyla's secretary and chaplain when the future Pope was still Archbishop and Cardinal of Cracow. Today he is the gatekeeper: no one -- neither papal friend nor foe -- comes to the Holy Father save through the humble monsignor. Says a close papal aide: "Whoever the Pope is, he's going to be someone who feels very much alone. You need someone by your side, a kind of soul mate, and that's what Don Stanislaw...
...meals are occasions to bounce ideas off friends from Poland, bureaucrats and theologians who want to discuss policy and liturgy, young seminarians, ordinary people who are invited for his 7 a.m. Mass and breakfast. There is a kind of hierarchy of meals. Says Marek Skwarnicki, a Polish journalist and papal friend: "Lunch is for bishops, dinner is for friends...
...companions are Vatican aides, Sister Tobiana, one of the Pope's Polish nuns-in-waiting, will serve family-style. With guests from outside the city-state, Angelo Gugel, the chief papal valet, dons a waiter's jacket for formal service. The menu is Italian: pasta or antipasto, followed by a meat dish with vegetables and salad, and either fruit with cheese or a Polish pastry for dessert. Asked if the papal cuisine was any good, a French Cardinal once responded: "Coming from Lyons, that's hard for me to say -- but there are a sufficient number of calories...