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...only previous papal visit to Africa, Pope Paul VI spent three days in Uganda...
...listen to Wagner," he says. As Archbishop of Washington, B.C., for nearly seven years, he succeeded cut-and-slash Conservative Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle. Baum calmed tempers and tried to strike a balance between outraged church loyalists and Catholic University of America professors who regularly question papal pronouncements...
...guerrillas, including at least four women, remained in full control of the compound they seized almost two weeks ago in a gunfight during an Independence Day reception given by the Dominican Ambassador. They had a bonanza of prisoners: more than a score of diplomats from 18 countries, including the papal nuncio; Washington's respected Spanish-born envoy, Diego Asencio, 48, and 13 other ambassadors...
...ever so tidily, take away the garbage. Inside, life went on as "in a hotel," according to a Colombian government official. The Haitian Ambassador telephoned his girlfriend back in Port-au-Prince. The Egyptian Ambassador ordered, and received, kibbi, his favorite dish, in addition to the Koran. The papal nuncio, Monsignor Angelo Acerbi, celebrated Mass twice a day, using sacramental wine and a crucifix that the terrorists had allowed the Red Cross to deliver...
...bishops bowed to papal insistence on a more stringent policy concerning mixed marriages. It has become common for mixed couples to wed in Protestant churches, or in a Catholic church with the Protestant spouse taking Communion...