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Says a Vatican official, addressing an issue that is expected to get relatively little play at the conclave: "The sex-abuse crisis showed that we need a manager. There wasn't enough action from Rome because the Pope was too much of a delegator. It leaves you ill equipped to respond to crises, since no one wants to pass bad news up. There's a need to find someone who will do the nitty-gritty and handle the balance sheet--and not just the financial balance sheet...
...spiritual commitment to the beatitude "Blessed are the poor in spirit." Moreover, unlike some of the late Pope's doctrinal stances (or his no-condoms position on aids prevention in some of the same locales), economic justice is win-win, a cause to which theological absolutists in Rome or Lagos and cafeteria Catholics in the moneyed West all feel some cultural affinity and obligation...
...deduct its Continental losses because they hadn't been incurred in Britain. The retailer appealed the decision to the E.C.J., and last week E.C.J. advocate general Miguel Poiares Maduro weighed in on its side. He said the British ruling was a violation of the E.U.'s founding Treaty of Rome, which enshrines the freedom of establishment and outlaws any form of discrimination based on nationality. He said the British law "imposes a specific disadvantage on operators desirous of moving or establishing themselves within the Community." While the full Court of Justice won't issue a final opinion before the fall...
...Cardinals, leading up to the April 18 start of the conclave. In fact, once he was clear of the crowds, Schönborn spoke quietly on a cell phone for nine minutes as he continued to walk along the cobblestone streets, passing by the Piazza San Agostino, site of the Rome offices of Opus Dei, the powerful conservative lay group that some believe is quietly trying to influence the race, and several of the trattorias where Cardinals have gathered at other times...
...President Bush flew to Rome today for the Pope's funeral. It was a very somber moment. There was an awkward moment today when Bush met a group of Cardinals and congratulated them on beating the Astros." --CRAIG FERGUSON