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...audience with the Pope is one thing, but the Pope for an audience is quite another. So when Bob Dylan was asked to perform at a concert for the Pontiff, it was just assumed he'd be there, even if Dylan hadn't actually assented. "The Pope, huh? I guess if the Vatican is reporting it, it must be happening," the folk singer told USA Today. Is this what's meant by papal infallibility...
...Redemptrix of humanity and "Mediatrix" of all graces. That would make her a participant in salvation--along with her son Jesus Christ. There has long been talk of such a move, since devotion to Catholicism's Queen of Heaven is never far from the heart of this Pontiff...
...Pope" feature that proved far too popular), the Holy See's redesigned site will be unwrapped some time around Christmas. Running 24 hours a day on three powerful computers (nicknamed Raphael, Michael and Gabriel), it will offer Vatican press releases, John Paul II's schedule and most of the Pontiff's writings, translated into six languages. It will also have the capacity to field thousands of simultaneous information requests from all over the world. "The Internet is exploding, and the church has got to be there," says Sister Judith Zoebelein, the American-born nun who runs the site. "The Holy...
...Ruhuna's death, military leader Major Pierre Buyoya lifted restrictions on the parliament and political parties. The constitution, however, remains suspended, and Buyoya is balking at talks with Hutu rebels. Meanwhile, Rome mourned the death of the man Pope John Paul II called a "generous minister of God." The pontiff will send Cardinal Jozef Tomko, head of the Vatican's office for missions, to celebrate a memorial service--or a funeral, if the corpse is recovered. That will probably never happen. The killers almost surely threw the archbishop's body into the nearby Mubarazi River, the way they have disposed...
...occasionally, even the infallible. So when POPE JOHN PAUL II wants to unwind, he helicopters to Italy's Dolomite mountains and kicks back in a chalet near Lorenzago di Cadore. His shaky health has curtailed his once half-day walks, but he still manages to get around. Since a Pontiff's work is never done, he preached to the local flock last week, enjoining them to be inspired by the mountains "to establish a more respectful rapport with nature." In a line that the local tourist bureau may want to use, John Paul described the area as "the right place...