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...whose code name Abu Nidal means Father of the Struggle; he heads a dissident Palestinian group known as Black June, after the month in 1976 when Syrian forces invaded Lebanon and fought the Palestinians. Abu Nidal, whose terrorist credentials include a 1973 attack on a Pan Am jet at Rome's Fiumicino Airport in which 34 people died, is under a P.L.O. death sentence for disobeying orders. Last week's series of attacks suggested that the P.L.O. intends to wipe out Abu Nidal and strike back at the Iraqi regime that supports him. "If someone pulls out your...
Vicar of Jesus Christ, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome and Servant of the Servants of God-these are among the many titles that impose unique burdens on the Pope, the anointed spiritual leader of 683 million Roman Catholics, the world's largest body of Christians. Few of the 261 successors to St. Peter worked at that responsibility more tirelessly than Giovanni Battista Montini, Pope Paul VI. Sunday night, after suffering a heart attack while hearing Mass in bed at Castel Gandolfo, Paul, 80, died, laying down the burden...
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, archbishop of Boston, will leave for Rome today after concluding a tour through France, a spokesman for the archdiocesan chancellery said yesterday. There Medeiros will attend the Pope's funeral--which will take place Saturday--and then participate in the conclave of cardinals that will elect Paul's successor...
Powers said he believes Pope Paul will best be remembered for his "very deep, very strong concern for social issues." He noted that as chaplain of the University of Rome in the mid- 20s, Paul--then Father Giovanni Battista Montini--"was very conscious of, and involved in, some of the dominant social issues of the day. That concerned involvement continued to mark his work...
...cautioned in advance that he was embarking on a decidedly undiplomatic enterprise. Recalled from the U.N. in 1973, he was offered no post that interested him. Giovannetti withdrew from the diplomatic service to the "more congenial" pursuit of writing books. Last week, at his retirement villa outside Rome, the author who came in from the cold said with a philosophic shrug: "I am no longer in the limelight, the airline no longer gives me free tickets, and many of my old friends don't know me any more. But I regret nothing...