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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meets with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 67, the austere German theologian whose title is prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (once known as the Holy Office). "Ratzinger is a theologian and John Paul is a philosopher, but they basically see eye to eye," says a veteran Vaticanologist. The two became friends at the Second Vatican Council, when both were young bishops. On Saturday evenings, the Pope has another standing appointment, with Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, 72, of Benin, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Bishops, to discuss episcopal appointments. Naming heads of dioceses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Paul II : Lives of the Pope | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

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