Word: popes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks he labored painstakingly to find just the right words: balancing regret for a fading century's horror with the promise borne by the approaching millennium. During his fourth trip to the U.S. last week, Pope John Paul II visited New York, New Jersey and Maryland, but the centerpiece was his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, on the eve of the U.N.'s 50th anniversary. Switching from English to French, from Russian to Spanish, the 75-year-old Pontiff condemned the genocidal impulses that have scarred the 20th century. But he held out hope for the 21st, saying...
...regret for the trees felled to make them. Meanwhile, America's true pre-eminent novelist of ideas and scientific conundrums, Don DeLillo, will be taught in university courses, read in classic paperback reprints and celebrated for his genius. Why is the future always smarter than the present? DAN POPE West Hartford, Connecticut...
...POPE LANDS IN AMERICA...
...Pope has in turn accepted the responsibility to speak to, and on behalf of, all people of faith. Although he does not shy away from the nuances of Catholic theology, his message to the American people was more catholic than Catholic...
...Pope cautioned Americans about their responsibility to welcome immigrants from faraway lands, to aid the poor and to feed the hungry. In so doing, the Pope did more than make a plea for social justice. He reminded us all that religion, far from being hostile to social reform, can serve as the catalyst for social reform...