Word: pontificale
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As caretaker, Casaroli has limited but specific authority. In addition to running his own 300-man staff, which handles routine diplomatic business, he stands in for the Pope at weekly meetings of the Curia's Council of Cardinals, the Vatican's administrative leadership. He is also obliged to...
There were also rehearsed spectacles that were part of a careful plan laid down by autocratic President Ferdinand Marcos and his powerful First Lady Imelda, who had much to gain from a festive association with John Paul. Everywhere, as if on cue, Filipinos were on hand to enact earnest welcoming...
In the solemn splendor of St. Peter's in Rome, 500 North American Indians last week knelt and prayed during a pontifical Mass, along with 25,000 worshipers from around the world. The men's fan-shaped, feathered headdresses and bright sashes, the women's sequined gowns...
He said his Masses in traditional Latin. He delivered his weighty policy pronouncements in badly accented French to huge but quiet audiences. With a pontifical smile, he watched spectacular, sun-drenched displays of faith and affection. But not till the fourth day of his dramatic pilgrimage across the continent did...
Once again it was time for a ten-best-dressed-men list, compiled by a group of custom tailors called the Fashion Foundation of America. The F.F.A. has a suspicious habit of cutting choices to fit names in the news; Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat shared top honors, although Co...