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Despite its institutional torpor in the waning days of John Paul II's papacy, the Vatican could still keep a secret. Trusted insiders like the Pope's personal secretary Mons. Stanislaw Dziwisz and his press spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls (as well as several key Cardinals) did remarkably well at keeping the Curia speaking with one voice even as the pontiff grew ever weaker...
When you become Pope, you become a prisoner of the Vatican," worries rising young priest Karol Wojtyla in Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (ABC, Dec. 1, 8 p.m. E.T.). He would prove himself wrong, taking more than 100 overseas trips and becoming a hugely influential and popular figure--enough so that his death is marked, less than a year later, by two network specials (though not enough so that either was scheduled during sweeps...
...despicable vetoes like Austria’s and avoid the creation of further hatred. Time is needed to understand why Turks are not willing to give up their identities, no matter the price. Time is needed to develop better understanding of multiculturalism, from the new German Chancellor to influential Vatican leaders who by backing discrimination turn their backs on the very Holy Texts they revere. Time is needed to see that as of today, the Vienna Gates still face east. If we Europeans cannot deal with a representative Muslim Turkey within Europe, we don’t deserve them...
...Jesus came specifically for those shut out from the good things of life. He challenges us to bend all technology to a human cause, not to plug ourselves in exclusively to a culture that exists only for a small minority. As a Catholic, I will be impressed with the Vatican's presence on the Net only if the church shows an awareness of the Net's prime difference from all other media: it offers two-way transmission of ideas. Communications by the church have always been one way, and it doesn't need the Net for that. Will it listen...
...maintenance of a Website, as compared with a radio or television broadcast, is neither difficult nor expensive. But only the richest of the people on the planet own the necessary equipment to visit such exclusive religious sites as those of the brothers of Christ in the Desert or the Vatican. The rich are at the top of the information mountain; the poor receive the leavings. While mainline denominations and lesser-known religions get equal time in cyberspace, a realignment of membership will affect only the rich. The poor will still depend on real persons to tend to their spiritual needs...