Word: vatican
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That adventure promises to be a colorful extravaganza. The economic meeting at Louis XIV's palace in Versailles will be capped by a special performance of the Paris Opera and a son et lumière fireworks display. The President will meet with the Pope in the Vatican's Papal Apartments, five days after the Pontiff's return from his trip to Britain, and then fly by helicopter to meet with President Sandro Pertini at the Quirinale Palace, built in 1574 as a summer residence for Pope Gregory VIII. At the invitation of Queen Elizabeth, Reagan will...
...Then, unexpectedly, he descended the steps to the site of the incident and lifted his hand in a gesture of benediction. As John Paul gave his blessing, the would-be assassin could be heard still shouting in Spanish as he was led away: "Down with the Pope! Down with Vatican...
...soon confirmed that Fernández was, as he had appeared to be, a priest-but an archconservative one. He was ordained at the seminary of Ecône in Switzerland, the traditionalist bastion of French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a diehard opponent of the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), especially its modernization of the 16th century Latin Mass. Even Lefebvre, however, was not conservative enough for Fernández, who broke with the Ecône faction to join a French group called the Sedevacantistes. The group's name derives from its basic tenet: that...
...World Conference of Religious Workers for Saving the Sacred Gift of Life from Nuclear Catastrophe, sponsored by the Russian Orthodox Church, invited Graham, as well as some 600 other distinguished clergy from around the world. Even Pope John Paul II sent two observers from the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. Despite the impressive invitation list, Reagan Administration officials had urged Graham not to accept, insisting that the conference was a forum for endorsing Soviet foreign policy and a not so subtle public relations ploy designed to demonstrate religious tolerance in the U.S.S.R. Graham, they feared, would become...
...Pope's travel decisions will be made with the aid of two sagacious Vatican diplomats: Secretary of State Agostino Cardinal Casaroli and Archbishop Achille Silvestrini, Secretary of the Council for Public Affairs (in effect the Vatican's foreign minister). As heavily as he is relying on anyone, John Paul is leaning on these two highly experienced advisers. But "the Pope is very much his own man," remarks one Vatican observer, "and will make up his own mind." He does not appear to be basing his decision on the counsel of the British Catholic hierarchy. But he will...