Word: vatican
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most moving experiences I've ever had," said a glowing Nancy Reagan. Tastefully attired in black, the First Lady had just emerged from a private audience with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican last Saturday. "I've met him twice before," she noted, "but this is the first time I've seen him alone." Earlier, the First Lady had spoken of the "extra affinity" she felt with the Pope since both he and President Reagan had survived assassination attempts in the spring of 1981. She spent 25 minutes chatting with the Pontiff in his library. After the talk...
...purpose of the Pope's visit is to defend orthodox church teachings before Holland's more than 5.6 million Catholics, whose freethinking clergy have been heavily influenced since Vatican II by Calvinist individualism and Protestant independence...
...resulted in youthful, boldly colored, free-flowing styles such as tank dresses, miniskirts, the tank-top bathing suit, the see-through blouse and--most controversial--the topless bathing suit; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. The 1964 strapped, topless suit sold 3,000 copies, outraged the Kremlin and the Vatican and afterward overshadowed the reputation he deserved for more influential work...
...York City's John J. O'Connor, 65, who acknowledged the news by noting, "The Holy Father is anxious that all bishops practice his teaching." Another apparent signal of the Pope's conservative views came when perhaps the most famous Roman Catholic woman in the U.S. suddenly became a Vatican unperson. Former Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, 49, who had some celebrated clashes with O'Connor over the abortion issue last year, had a ten- minute private audience with the Pope last week. When reporters asked for details, Vatican officials offered a terse "no comment," and would not provide...
...from 15% to 50% on imported goods and new tariffs on most domestic products. When protests broke out in Guatemala City, the capital, Mejia Victores, who came to power in a 1983 coup, suspended the new taxes and called off the trip he had planned to take to the Vatican and the Middle East...