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...morning of Dec. 7 in Rome, a group of TIME editors and correspondents confronted that challenge firsthand. They were glumly assembled in expectation of a papal audience they would share with roughly 7,000 others. Days earlier, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls had reluctantly informed Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton that His Holiness would decline TIME's request for a private meeting. While pleased to be chosen as Man of the Year, John Paul didn't wish to appear to have collaborated on the project. The Time team could have front-row seats at one of the Pope's massive...
...words, even from a man whose words have global authority, was hardly what the TIME journalists had in mind. Nevertheless, executive editor Jim Kelly, chief of correspondents Joelle Attinger and Sancton, who had all been attending a London meeting of TIME's foreign correspondents, flew to Rome. There they joined TIME reporter Greg Burke and former Rome bureau chief Wilton Wynn, a veteran of Vatican coverage and a consultant for this project...
...mind, there was no doubt. To their congratulations for being chosen Man of the Year, John Paul expressed thanks, then added, mischievously, "I see that in the past, you have given this honor to Lech Walesa and to Pope John XXIII -- but also to Stalin and Hitler!" Sancton, a bit nonplussed, explained, "Holy Father, you must understand that we have a good list and a bad list. You are on the good list." Gratified but still playful, the Pontiff replied, "I hope I always remain on the good list...
Europe: James O. Jackson London: Barry Hillenbrand Paris: Thomas Sancton Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: Bruce van Voorst Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: Greg Burke Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Hong Kong: William Dowell Southeast Asia: Frank Gibney Jr. Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...
Europe: James O. Jackson London: Barry Hillenbrand Paris: Thomas Sancton Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: Bruce van Voorst Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: Greg Burke Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Hong Kong: William Dowell Southeast Asia: Frank Gibney Jr. Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...