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...lawn by a turbaned chef. International Plaza, a noisy cluster of small shops and food stands, offers a culinary Cook's Tour that takes only a few steps. Colombian tacos (75?) can be washed down with Philippine beer (70?), Ecuadorian banana dogs (50?) with Brazilian coffee (15?), Tunisian nougatine (45?) with Indian tea (free), North African bricka (65?) with Norwegian loganberry punch (40?). Although the Vatican has yet to provide a snack bar serving fish on Fridays, the American-Israel pavilion caters to Jewish dietary laws with kosher frankfurters and kosher Kola...
...Sign of Colonialism. Christianity in North Africa goes back to the 2nd century; great councils of bishops were held in Carthage. In the 7th century, Moorish swordsmen swept unchecked across North Africa, and thriving Christian communities were gradually converted to the law of Mohammed. Pope Pius IX restored the Tunisian hierarchy following the French occupation in 1881, and after World War II the country's Catholic population reached a peak of 300,000, nearly all of them Europeans. Thanks to post-independence emigration, there are 45,000 Catholics left; the empty churches stand as a sign...
...decision to seek an amicable solution of the Tunisian problem was an outgrowth of the new, flexible Vatican diplomacy inaugurated by Pope John XXIII and carried on by Paul VI in Hungary, where he is still seeking to work out a modus vivendi for the Church. Paul has also established a new Secretariat for Non-Christian Religions, headed by Paolo Cardinal Marella of the Curia. In the past, the church has sometimes preferred noisy and heroic martyrdom rather than graceful surrender of ancient privileges. Now Rome, with Christian and Moslem Lebanon acting as intermediary, is trying to work...
...Prospect. The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano said that the Tunisian settlement would open "a new era of cooperation between the Holy See and the Tunisian government," and that Rome had agreed to certain sacrifices "in a spirit of friendship toward a friendly people, with cordial esteem for the values of a rising nation." There was less joy in Tunisia. "Will we have Mass this Sunday?" one priest at the cathedral asked. "We don't know. But I do know this: the extent of the takeover has shocked Catholics here." They face the prospect of seeing their churches...
Well, not much. He won a pledge of recognition from Tunisia, but that was balanced by a public rebuke from Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba at a palace banquet. Bourguiba made it clear that Tunisia did not approve of Red China's bloody bullying tactics in its border dispute with India, nor did it appreciate Peking's refusal to sign the nuclear test ban treaty, "which is regarded by almost all humanity as a hopeful promise...