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...Papal favor has positioned C.L. well for expansion. Already the group is active in more than 20 countries and steadily growing, especially in Latin America. In the U.S., there are about 150 members, mainly in large Eastern cities. New York City's John Cardinal O'Connor, an ardent preacher against American materialism, went to Rimini last year and, impressed with what he saw, promised his support. The group's strong Italian identity, however, may hamper its effectiveness elsewhere. Says a Vatican spokesman: "They must de- Italianize their terms to grow in the world...
Kelly is no seeker of scandals, but by the 10th century, Peter's heritage had fallen into some rather unworthy hands. Pope Sergius III seized the papal throne by armed force and imprisoned his predecessor Christopher, who had already imprisoned his predecessor Leo V. Sergius then had both Popes strangled in jail. He also fathered an illegitimate son by a 15-year-old heiress named Marozia, who eventually got the debauched son chosen as Pope John XI soon after his 21st birthday. John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely...
...congregation--Europe's oldest, dating to the 2nd century B.C.--the visit was particularly significant. For centuries the Jews of Rome, under papal rule, had suffered discrimination and humiliation, were confined to a ghetto and were forced to attend sermons urging them to convert. An ironic proverb expressed their feelings of hopelessness: "The persecution will end when the Pope enters the synagogue...
Official persecution had ended long before last week's momentous visit--in 1870, when the papal states were overthrown and Italy abolished the ghetto. But the Pope did not flinch from obliquely recalling the church's harsh treatment of Jews. He decried the "gravely deplorable manifestations" of the past and, quoting from a declaration of the Second Vatican Council, stated that the church "deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti- Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone." Then the Pope added, to ringing applause, "I repeat: by anyone." John Paul also expressed "abhorrence...
...took the issue a theological step further by stating that the return of the Jews to the homeland was part of "God's final plan of redemption." But John Paul in his 3,000-word address made no mention of Israel, and a Vatican spokesman later said that the papal visit had been purely religious in nature and that the inclusion of any such political issue would have been inappropriate...