Word: romano
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accepted the last Communion (viaticum) from the hand of his confessor, Monsignor Giuseppe Cavagna. Monsignor Peter van Lierde, Sacristan of the Holy Palaces, performed the rite of extreme unction, anointing John's body with holy oil. Afterward, John called Monsignor Cavagna to his bedside, reported L'Osservatore Romano, and "in a clear, firm voice the august Pontiff confirmed his great love for the church and all souls and again offered his life for the successful conclusion of the Ecumenical Council and for peace among men. Frequently in his speech, the Holy Father repeated in the moved presence...
Eager to improve the lot of Iron Curtain Catholics, the Vatican would like to regularize these portents of good will-and may well establish formal diplomatic relations with Moscow some day. Last week, L'Osservatore Romano front-paged a theoretical article, written by Msgr. Cardinale, on the general necessity of consular relationships between sovereign states. Asked at a Rome press conference about exchanging consuls with the Vatican, Adzhubei certified that it was "a good idea." Another reporter wondered if Father-in-Law Nikita, who may visit Rome later in the year, would also call on the Pope. Atheist Adzhubei...
...christening would have made news in any event; the baby was the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini. But it was Gorgeous Godmother Sophia Loren who brought the wrath of L'Osservatore Romano down on everyone's heads. Sophia was asked by her sister Maria, wife of Pianist Romano Mussolini, to be godmother to two-week-old Alessandra. Unfortunately, Sophia's spiritual adviser, Jesuit Father Virginio Rotondi, neglected to tell her that in so doing she would be violating Article 2357 of canon law. So long as Italian and church law block Producer Carlo Ponti's divorce from...
...Born. To Romano Mussolini, 35, jazz pianist son of Italy's Il Duce; and Maria Scicolone, 24, younger sister of Cinemactress Sophia Loren: their first child, a girl; in Rome. Name: Alessandra...
...bitterly divided over the issue of just how far the young church should break away from Judaism. There are, similarly, two blocs at the Second Vatican Council; for if the council is not a political convention, it is a religious parliament. Wrote the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano recently: "It is natural that within councils emerge what in parliamentary parlance are usually called center, right-wing and left-wing 'parties,' depending on their moderate or more advanced positions, and that one speaks about an 'opposition...