Word: papally
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...other Italian cases, however, strengthen the Bulgarian connection. Luigi Scricciolo, 34, a former Italian labor official arrested in February on charges of spying for Bulgaria and aiding the terrorist Red Brigades, has reportedly named as his contact one of the Bulgarians implicated in the papal plot. In Trento, 200 people have been jailed on charges of smuggling arms and drugs into Western Europe under the direction of a man reputed to have close ties to Bulgaria. In Israel, intelligence officials have long asserted that Bulgaria has trained Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists...
...such essential items as a Norweigan bulletproof sweater, a deerskin dieter's mask and the state of Maine--price tag $76,000,000 plus $3.20 postage. Lest you fear such outdoorsy materialism is not in the holiday spirit, note that the catalog also offers a down yarmulke and Thinsulite papal vestments...
...Paul moved to help clear up another Vatican-related mystery. After the death last June of Milan Banker Roberto Calvi, there were revelations about curious connections between Calvi's Banco Ambrosiano and the Istituto per le Opere de Religione (I.O.R.), better known as the Vatican bank. In a papal letter, John Paul last week indicated that the Holy See would be ending its dependence on investment and speculation for its funds and would rely instead on "the spontaneous contributions of the faithful and of other men of good will...
...surrendering their most effective strategy for changing society. It is papal teaching, he argues, that evangelism and the spiritual education of individuals must be the church's primary way of reforming society...
Bernardin, of course, has never deviated from papal teachings on such controversial doctrinal issues as birth control and the ordination of women. At the same time, he has been careful to dissociate himself from some of the more extreme activities of right-to-life groups. He recently crossed a pro-life picket line to attend a fund-raising event sponsored by the United Way. He later explained that Catholics should not withhold funds from all United Way charities just because some of them oppose the church's teaching on abortion. Says Dan Daley, a Catholic activist who heads...