Word: rome
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...that tells of a boy who can understand what the animals are saying to each other. The special gift saves the young lad from a litany of perilous encounters until one evening, while resting under a tree with two friends, he hears two little birds sharing the news from Rome that the Pope had died. The cardinals are set to elect a successor, one bird tells the other, and one of the three boys under the tree will be the next pope. This of course sends the protagonist off to Rome, leaving his two oblivious companions behind. Once...
...JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO, 68, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. A South American respected among the conservative crowd in Rome. Would be first Jesuit pope...
...CAMILLO RUINI, 74, Vicar of Rome. Best positioned backup to Ratzinger as an option for a transitional papacy...
...Jordan well knows the folly of seeking that magic name. Currently a contributor in Berlin, he had been TIME's Rome bureau chief in 1978. The week before the conclave that elected the virtually unknown Karol Wojtyla, TIME was one of just a handful of publications in the world to include him on its list of papabile. For years it was a legendary scoop in TIME circles. Jordan recalled last week that the first tip that the next pope might be Wojtyla did not come from on high, but was given to correspondent Roland Flamini by the young owner...
...With the Conclave just four days away, the identity of a senior cleric's dining company takes on serious weight. And few are more ready or able to throw weight around now than Ruini. Since 1991, he has been Vicar of Rome, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Roman diocese. The 74-year-old also heads the Italian Bishops Conference. His constant presence on the airwaves in Italy speaking out strongly for Catholic values make him unpopular with many in secular circles who worry about Church-State separation. But he's hardly a glamorous TV star...