Word: pontiff
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Though a papal election is always a momentous news event, the surprising selection of Karol Cardinal Wojtyla last week as the 264th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church attracted exceptional interest. To report on the background of Polish-born John Paul II, and to assess the reactions of his former parishioners, TIME dispatched Washingtpn Correspondent Gregory Wierzynski to Cracow...
...country who wasn't surprised last week when the Sacred College of Cardinals announced the results of its latest conclave. A month earlier, Williams was possibly the only Vatican observer in the world who predicted the election of Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, as the 264th Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church...
...only 58 years of age, they argued the new pontiff will probably enjoy a long reign, which would keep the Church from facing the instability of a papal death in the near future. Furthermore, they said, the election of a non-Italian--especially a cardinal from Eastern Europe--might well free Italy's Christian Democratic party from the almost incestuous ties with the Vatican that many experts believe have limited its political freedom in recent year...
Pope John Paul II does not seem likely to ease the Church's traditional opposition to communism, however. Although as a cardinal in Poland the pontiff adopted a policy of practical co-existence with Communist authorities in that country, he has found plenty of ground to criticize the theoretical basis of Marxism...
Once again Camerlengo Villot began the ritual of mourning and papal election that is now so familiar to the world. The 112 Cardinal-electors again received the summons to Rome, their trip made easier by the fact that Rome airport employees broke off their strike in respect for the Pontiff. The conclave to choose John Paul's successor will begin on the second earliest day permitted?Oct. 14. The Latin American bishops' conference, a once-a-decade meeting scheduled to begin Oct. 12 in Puebla, Mexico, meanwhile, was postponed. Though John Paul had decided not to attend, the meeting would...