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...another attempt to provide a moderating influence was made by Pope John Paul II. On the eve of a long-scheduled six-day visit to Britain, the Pontiff announced that he would also visit staunchly Roman Catholic Argentina. In a letter to President Galtieri, John Paul promised that his British visit would be "an incessant prayer in favor of peace...
...came a procession of robes crimson and scarlet, gold-embroidered, black and white, with plumed hats and swords of the old English orders strutting into this unexpected tapestry of medieval drama. At the heart of the panoply, and at the heart of the substance of the opening of this six-day event, was the red-robed figure of John Paul II, the Pope of love, controversy and ecumenical vision. Sitting on the cathedral's high-backed throne, with high-ranking British clergy standing beneath and beside, was the Pope of Rome, whose claims to authority covered both heaven...
...long-planned, historic six-day visit to Britain-the first by a Pontiff since the 1534 schism under King Henry VIII-obviously requires some difficult calculations. But informed Vatican sources were relatively confident that the Pontiff would proceed on schedule, unless the fighting in the South Atlantic escalates dramatically. As one Vatican official puts it, "If there were an absolute state of [all-out] war, that would be different. He would have to dissociate himself from that. But he has constantly stressed that his visit is a pastoral visit," which by Vatican thinking means that the Pope could tour England...
April 24--With no end in sight to the six-day takeover, the University offers to house student residents of Mass Hall and Matthews North in nearby hotels. The students had complained of nocturnal noise from the drums, music, and speeches inside Mass Hall A PALC spokesman announces that the occupiers have begun an indefinite hunger strike to protest the Corporation's decision to retain its Gulf stock...
...been shuttling back and forth between Jerusalem and Cairo, anxious to see that no last-minute hitches would prevent the Sinai withdrawal from taking place on schedule. The event was a momentous one, poignant for the Egyptians, frightening for the Israelis. The Sinai, captured from Egypt in the Six-Day War, had given the Israelis a buffer against a traditional enemy and had provided a new frontier for adventurous young settlers. Under the terms of Camp David, the Israelis had agreed to surrender the Sinai in three stages in return for a peace treaty with Egypt. It was a good...