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...been a while... Pope John Paul II arrived in Rumania on Friday, the first pontiff to visit Eastern Orthodox territory since Martin I was abducted there in the seventh century. And his historic attempt to heal the 945-year-old rift between the Vatican and the Eastern Orthodox Church may resonate with Slavic nationalist perceptions of the current conflict over Kosovo. "NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia is seen by many in Serbia, and other parts of the Slavic world, as evidence that the Eastern Orthodox Church faces a crusade from the West for the domination of Eastern souls," says TIME...
...late March, Pope John Paul II will release his debut CD, Abba Pater, featuring original music, prayers and chants. What are the Pontiff's odds of cracking the American market? We compared him with other top sellers...
...wore a demure chapel veil. She prayed avidly: "I was adding it up, earning heaven." In junior high school the nuns told her that John XXIII, Pius' successor, was "opening the windows of the church, and that appealed to me." Not that she would dream of contradicting a Pontiff anyway. "If the Pope said it, that was fine with me," she recalls...
Seven hours after Betty Rataj roused herself for him, John Paul II, the Pontiff with whom she agrees--sometimes--looks out at her and says, "The peace of the Lord be with you always...
...PONTIFF This guy has connections. Rocks St. Louis, gets death sentence commuted and meets McGwire...