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...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 17 men short. "Recruitment can be difficult, and we are intensifying our efforts," says Colonel Pius Segmüller, the Swiss Guard commander responsible for keeping the ranks filled. "Part of the problem may be that we have very high standards and a tough selection process focused on quality rather than quantity." Indeed, the criteria are rigorous: candidates must be single Swiss men under 30 years...
...hopes that the Vatican might open its long-secret archives to those researching Pope Pius XII's role in World War II and the Holocaust vanished last week--perhaps for years to come. A church-initiated joint Catholic-Jewish historical committee disbanded after receiving a letter from Walter Cardinal Kasper, president of the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, saying that access to the archives was not possible "for technical reasons." The real reason, however, was probably anger. The committee, formed in 1999, was officially charged with reviewing 11 volumes culled from the archives between...
...Learn By NED RANDOLPH Hong Kong Hong Kong is joining a region-wide chorus of complaint against Japan's whitewashing of history in school textbooks. Protesters Saturday marched on the Japanese consulate carrying banners. "The Japanese government tells lies to young Japanese people," says Pius Yum, a 26-year-old member of the Association for Democracy and People. But history books in Hong Kong have holes you could shoot a Long March missile through. Only a single text refers to the Tiananmen protests of 1989?without mentioning fatalities?and the twin disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural...
...happy to know that Pope Pius IX stood up against modernity. Read today's newspaper and tell me we are better off shedding the faith of the past for the license of the present. You can't. The media find it preferable to take potshots at a dead Pope. VINCE PHELAN Norwalk, Conn...
...canonization of Pope Pius IX goes against the feelings of most people. We associate sanctity with heroines like Mother Teresa of Calcutta, not aristocrats at the top of the Catholic hierarchy who lived in golden palaces as kings. GIORGIO DI PRIMIO Bologna, Italy...