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...three papal excursions, the Fatima visit was by far the easiest to decide. For some time the Pope has wanted to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to give thanks for his recovery from the attempted assassination of last May 13-the 64th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin at Fatima...
...colonies remained cheerfully unaware of each other's existence for two years. When the British accidentally discovered the French, they ordered them to depart, but while the colonists elbowed each other, the Spanish argued that the Papal Line of Demarcation of 1492 had awarded the whole region to them. The French sold out to Spain for £24,000, and Port Louis was renamed Puerto de la Soledad. The British, expelled by Spanish troops in 1770 from Port Egmont, talked fiercely of war. Or at least some London politicians did; the government tried to calm the public belligerence by hiring...
...other big hurdle was Vatican I's declaration that the Pope has the power to define teachings of faith and morals infallibly. Here the two sides could not reach unanimity. But once again the Anglicans were remarkably open to papal authority. The accord concedes that there are occasions when the primate may need to state the judgment of the church without consulting a synod involving other leaders. But to do so, says the report, he must first seek to "discover the mind of his fellow bishops and of the church as a whole," a requirement which is light-years...
...Roman Catholics and 65 million Anglicans may never merge. Despite the commission's optimism and its best efforts to deal with the general nature of the papacy, there is the particular nature of John Paul to contend with. Whatever his own ecumenical design, he is centralizing and strengthening papal authority, rather than moving it in a direction that would attract Anglicans...
...John Paul to an unprecedented shape-up meeting. At the end, the Jesuits were relieved that their fiercely prized autonomy was still mostly intact. "We played what many would call a Jesuitical game," said one pleased participant. But they were also newly on notice about just what their papal marching orders...