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...found no more palatable than the novelties of Loisy. Expelled from the Jesuits, Tyrrell was excommunicated in 1907; he refused to confess his errors, died two years later. Yet even Pius X was moved by Tyrrell's death. "Unlike most arch-heretics, he died a good Christian," the Pontiff was said to have told a friend...
Nonetheless last week, on its 50th anniversary, Pope Paul VI became the first Roman Catholic pontiff to visit the shrine of Fátima. The "spiritual motive" of his fourth papal journey outside Italy,* Paul announced, was to seek Mary's "intercession in favor of the peace of the church and of the world." The Vatican denied suggestions that the Pope was also making amends to Portugal for his visit to India following its conquest of Portuguese Goa, insisting that the trip would be "completely private" and "rapidissimo." Despite the disclaimer, the Portuguese were ecstatic...
POPE! bannered the big greeting sign. Pope Paul VI beamed back at the 3,000 spanking-clean garbagemen and street sweepers who showed up smelling as fresh as flowers for the Pontiff's visit at the downtown Municipal Sanitation Center. "One should not be ashamed of one's work," the Pope told them solemnly. "What would our city be like if it were not for work like yours that keeps it clean?" The garbagemen shouted back, "Viva il Papa!" Then two days later they answered his rhetoric by going on strike, leaving mountains of refuse all over Rome...
...MEMORIAL of a very different sort is a special report published last week by TIME-LIFE BOOKS entitled The Pope's Visit, a 96-page recapitulation of the Pontiff's historic journey to New York. Along with 64 pages of color photographs, the volume includes the full text of his U.N. speech, his life story, accounts of earlier traveling Popes, and a summary of the work being done by the Vatican Council. The book is on sale at newsstands but may also be obtained by sending a $1.95 check or money order to: TIME-LIFE BOOKS, Time & Life...
...World's Fair for a brief tour of the Vatican pavilion. There, visibly exhausted, the Pope stared blankly for a while at Michelangelo's Pietd in its unaccustomed setting,* gave his blessing to the modest crowd that braved the night air for a final glimpse of the Pontiff. Then he was hurried back to Kennedy Airport for the TWA flight home-14 hours after his arrival in New York...