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John Moody, our Rome bureau chief, covered the Vatican for this week's story and found it a complicated test of wills. "Approaching the Vatican is in itself an exercise in diplomacy. The Pope's urbane and practiced spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, initially considered our questions. After that came various monsignors who act as buffers for the Cardinals." Moody came to realize that the Vatican does not act quickly, when it comes to either social change or the needs of weekly journalism. He notes, "They have been at it for 2,000 years and know the art of prevailing through...
...Angeles bureau chief Jordan Bonfante, the story had a nostalgic resonance. Bonfante was assigned to Rome in 1978 when, he remembers, "I covered three Popes in a single year: Paul VI, who died in August; John Paul I, who lived only 34 days; and John Paul II, the current Pontiff. I came to regard the Vatican as a second country we had to cover on a daily basis." For this story, he talked to leaders of the public debate. He then went to local churches and found the discussion in the pews just as intense...
Think about it--Harvard's name is known around the globe. It is splashed across sweatshirts in Rome and scrawled on baseball caps in Mexico. It graces stockholder lists in almost every market, from petroleum to french bread. Harvard is the cradle of presidents, the cocktail club of intellectuals, the haven of Nobel laureates...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...