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DIED. Luigi Barzini, 75, Italian journalist, author and politician; of lung cancer; in Rome. The urbane, elegant Barzini was best known for The Italians (1964) and The Europeans (1983), which solidified his reputation as a self-styled interpreter of America for Italians and Italy for Americans...
Then, on Dec. 6, Crocker met with Pik Botha in a Rome hotel room, this time to discuss Angola and Namibia. In a vigorous all-day session, Crocker convinced the South African leader that a pullout of his country's forces in Angola could lead to a ceasefire, paving the way for a Namibian settlement. Meanwhile, in meetings on the Cape Verde Islands, Wisner won agreement from Angola that in return it would restrain further SWAPO attacks. As the disengagement went into effect in February, a team of U.S. observers was sent to the Namibian capital of Windhoek...
Pope John Paul came up against the movement directly during his tour of Central America a year ago. He was especially alarmed by the campaign in Nicaragua to drive a wedge between the Catholic hierarchy and a "people's church" inspired by liberationist thinking. Upon his return to Rome, John Paul commissioned a special study of the problem by the Vatican's top theologian, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger...
...liberal-minded Jesuit in Rome doubts that "Ratzinger can pull the rug out from under priests like Gutierrez and Sobrino. They probably will only say 'That's his opinion.' " But the Vatican is highly unlikely to leave it at that. Ratzinger, noting that liberation theology "steadily attracts more and more" priests and nuns, declares it to be a "fundamental danger for the faith." A strategy to confront the movement is now, he warns, "urgent...
DIED. Aurelio Peccei, 75, Italian industrialist and founding president (in 1968) of the Club of Rome, the international think tank that caused a worldwide stir with its 1972 book The Limits to Growth, warning of impending environmental catastrophe; of a heart attack; in Rome...