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Earlier in the week, Pope John Paul II canceled a planned one-day visit to Sarajevo, hours after Bosnian Serb artillery rounds pounded the besieged Bosnian capital. Citing concerns for the safety of the tens of thousands expected to gather to hear him celebrate Mass, the Pontiff said he hoped to visit Sarajevo "as soon as circumstances permit...
...guarantees for the safety of the population" and that a papal visit now could only "add to the tensions." (The pope's planned appearance had been in doubt since he announced the idea last month, as Bosnian Serbs repeatedly warned him to stay away for his own safety.) The pontiff, who vowed to make the journey at some point, is still going to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia and the Roman Catholic center of former Yugoslavia, on Saturday. BTW: John Paul II may not make it to Bosnia, but the bulletproof "Popemobile" is parked there, just in case...
Biggest book deal by a Pontiff: $6 million-plus for English edition...
...breaking agreement, cemented last Dec. 31, signals a reconciliation with Jews led by Pope John Paul II, whose native Poland witnessed many of the atrocities of the Holocaust. Vatican sources told TIME Rome bureau chief John Moody that the announcement was likely held back almost two months as the Pontiff waited for recent Mideast unrest to subside: "The final part of the negotiations was a bit harder than anybody had anticipated...
Since Pope John Paul II fell and injured his shoulder last month, the inevitable speculation has begun about possible successors to the 73-year-old Pontiff. If the election were held this week, 105 Cardinals under age 80 would be eligible to vote for and serve as the next Pope. Among the most mentioned...