Word: popes
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EVREUX: Loose Canon While millions gathered in Manila to greet the Pope on Jan. 15, thousands marched in cities throughout France to protest the Vatican's dismissal of Jacques Gaillot, 59, as bishop of this Normandy city. Gaillot's views diverge dramatically from those of the church's hierarchy: he endorses the use of condoms to prevent AIDS, urges tolerance of homosexuality, advocates the ordination of married men and lends his voice to local leftist causes. The so-called Red Cleric has aired his views in such venues as the flesh review Lui and a gay magazine. Said an Evreux...
...cane and his left arm shakes almost constantly. But his actor's sense of timing and improvisation remain intact, and on several occasions he spoke without notes--a sign he was in good spirits. At one point in Manila, after a lengthy departure from his prepared speech, the Pope announced slowly, with mock solemnity, ``And now, returning to the text,'' as if he were just coming back from a television commercial break...
...twirling his cane like a baton and tapping his crozier on the ground to the beat of the music. No assembly was bigger than the one in Manila, where an estimated 3 million to 4 million people attended Mass in Luneta Park. The scene was so chaotic that the Pope had to change plans and arrived by helicopter, an hour and a half late. A smaller but more colorful turnout welcomed him in Papua New Guinea, where he presided over the beatification--a prelude to sainthood--of lay catechist Peter To Rot, who was killed by occupying Japanese troops during...
...years, journalists who cover Pope John Paul II have referred to him privately as ``the old man.'' Last week, in the midst of his 11-day tour of Asia and the Pacific, the 74-year-old Pontiff accepted that description--if a bit reluctantly. In Manila for World Youth Day, he replied to youngsters who were shouting, ``Lolek! Lolek!,'' his nickname as a boy. ``Lolek was a child,'' he told them. ``John Paul...
...privately warning last week that two Pakistanis arrested in a Manila apartment earlier this month may be part of a sophisticated Islamic terror cell targeting Pope John Paul II during his Philippine visit, as well as U.S. airlines. The evidence? U.S. intelligence sources say that not only were bombmaking materials found in the apartment, so too were order forms for clerical robes and schedules for various U.S. airlines. "This is causing very serious concern here," said a State Department aide in Washington...