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Currently, debate is swirling around the papal travel schedule. John Paul, whose inveterate globe-trotting is a symbol of his papacy, looked exhausted and let others finish sermons throughout his trip to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. But even small concessions to his illness can be painfully frustrating for him. When an aide retrieved a handkerchief that fell from his shaky grasp in Bulgaria, at least one reporter saw the Pope grab it back and "pound it hard against his thigh." And so he seems determined to go ahead with a pilgrimage to Canada, Mexico and Guatemala planned for July...
...first place to look would be among Rome's heavyweight Cardinals--conservative stalwarts like Germany's Joseph Ratzinger and savvy bureaucrats like Congregation of Bishops chief Giovanni Battista Re, who now have a chance to advance their own agendas without papal scrutiny. But many insiders say the real power behind the papal throne lies with a humble Polish clergyman they call Don Stanislaw...
...recruits will protect the Pontiff, as well as ensure security at the Apostolic Palace and the four main entrances to the Vatican, an around-the-clock job that requires skills as diverse as fluency in Italian and proficiency in martial arts. Swiss Guards have been the beneficiaries of papal blessings and colorful garb since 1506, when 150 Swiss soldiers arrived in Rome to guard Pope Julius II. But such perks may no longer be enough to entice young Swiss Catholics to serve in the Papal army. Although 28 recruits joined in May, the 110-member force is still...
...decade after the Second Vatican Council and two years before the death of Pope Paul VI, the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH in the U.S. was struggling. Membership was in decline, and debates had broken out over papal authority and the church's ban on birth control...
...travels, John Paul may bring along a wheelchair, a prospect that apparently doesn't shame the first Pope to be photographed in a hospital bed. More important than the Pontiff's legs is his mind. And that so far appears sound. Messori, who recently studied the history of papal health, says he has faith "in the protection of the Holy Spirit." Of all the maladies suffered by Popes over the past 2,000 years, he says, there's no record of one with dementia...