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...father of a recent Harvard graduate pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge that he lied to obtain a federal student loan for his daughter to attend the College, U.S. Attorney A. John Pappalardo said...
...Brigades, which had terrorized Italy for a decade, was gunned down with his young wife as he drove along one of the city's main streets. The assassination angered even those who had grudgingly tolerated the Mafia. It outraged the outspoken Archbishop of Palermo, Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo, who was known to have sympathized with the general's efforts to eradicate the Mafia. The churchman blamed the general's death on the government's failure to act. "While our city is racked, Rome is idle," said the primate at Dalla Chiesa's funeral. "Poor Palermo...
Last month the on holy alliance began to crumble. Breaking their vow of silence, the Sicilian Bishops' Conference issued a declaration of excommunication on those who cooperate in the Mafia's criminal activities. Cardinal Pappalardo, one of the most vocal Sicilian church leaders, called for the end of the "hatred, vendettas, abductions and homicides," the work of "some individuals or criminal groups," as he called them...
...While in Rome they pondered what to do, the city of Saguntum was vanquished by enemies," intoned an impassioned Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo, borrowing a line from the Roman historian Sallust. In his own words, Pappalardo added: "Yet this time it is not Saguntum, but Palermo! Our poor Palermo...
...Pappalardo formerly worked for the Vatican Curia and, like the front runner among current Curialists, Sergio Pignedoli, 68, may be afflicted with the "Curia curse." Resentment of the Vatican bu-[reaucracy was evident in the choice of "John Paul, a total outsider. This could overshadow the fact that Pignedoli ranks with Ursi in personal warmth and popularity and has had solid pastoral experience. Strangely, Pappalardo and Pignedoli will probably also be hurt by their lack of support among the 29 Curial votes...