Word: papally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pontiff had hoped to attend last week's ceremonies, but Polish authorities cited continuing unrest as an excuse for postponing the papal visit at least until next year. John Paul's absence was symbolized by a conspicuously empty seat on the monastery's dais. From his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, meanwhile, the Pope celebrated the Black Madonna's anniversary with a special Mass at which he declared that the Polish "state can be truly strong only with the support of society." But he added that national reconciliation could come only through dialogue, not opposition...
...movement quickly inflamed the Polish spirit. Thousands of ordinary citizens began to mass outside the shipyard's main gates, decorating them with flowers, ribbons, papal portraits and red-and-white banners. And before the year was out, Solidarity had finally become a reality, a free trade union, 10 million members strong and powerful enough to transform the political life of Poland...
...March of Time," for 17 years the most popular documentary film series in the U.S.; of kidney failure and pneumonia; in Flemington, N.J. De Rochemont was credited with some of M.O.T.'s most memorable films, including The Story of the Vatican, the first full-length feature on the papal state made with the sanction of the Holy...
...investigation for possible bank fraud. Among them was American-born Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, 60, the president of the bank, which is officially known as the Institute per le Opere di Religione (I.O.R.), or Institute for Religious Works. Earlier, the Vatican's top banker had served as both a papal bodyguard and aide to Pope Paul VI. The other two bank officers are Luigi Mennini, 71, the bank's managing director, and Pelligrino de Strobel, 70, the chief accountant. Though the notification did not necessarily mean that the men would be indicted, it was a great embarrassment...
...Religione (Institute for Religious Works). In a church that is nearly 2,000 years old, the Vatican bank is a relative newcomer. Its main holdings go back to 1929, when the Italian government under Benito Mussolini paid $83 million to the Holy See as compensation for the loss of papal territory seized from the church in 1870 by the Italian republic. Much of that money was eventually invested in real estate and Italian companies like Societa Generate Immobiliare, the giant international construction firm that later built Washington's Watergate apartment and hotel complex...