Word: vaticans
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...experience and temperament. Gorbachev is the cautious infighter who thinks out every move in advance; Yeltsin is the street brawler who goes with his heart and throws caution to the winds. Gorbachev is the sophisticated world traveler who shows presence of mind in the White House or the Vatican; Yeltsin is the blunt- spoken man of the people, comfortable mixing with workers on a shop floor. The fact that the power balance has shifted in Yeltsin's favor and made Gorbachev the junior partner does not change the basic formula...
Roman Catholics have caught the bug too (as in so many other areas, liberal American Catholics find themselves playing catch-up with their Protestant soul mates). Their arguments over sex are complicated by the fact that the Vatican, the ultimate source of authority in their church, is not known for taking its cues on matters of discipline from Gallup polls or what it hears on Oprah. Or from Protestants...
...East comes up for discussion, and Ryan opines that the main problem in the area is . . . religion. The White House boys are dazzled. No one, apparently, has ever seen the conflict between Jews and Muslims in this light. Religion? And then, Ryan has an idea: Let's enlist the Vatican in proposing a peace settlement that will satisfy the three major religions in the Middle East...
Higher authorities played a role in the Hawaii case. As early as 1985, Figueroa's mother informed the then Vatican pronuncio, Pio Laghi, of the allegations against Bishop Ferrario. Figueroa contends that Laghi sent an investigator, who did a cursory check while staying in the bishop's residence. Apparently on this basis, the U.S. hierarchy declared the 1989 accusations to "lack substance." Ferrario's spokesman said last week that the Vatican Congregation for Bishops had judged them to be "baseless...
...voracious reader whose interests range from Peanuts to the Annuario Pontificio, the Vatican's annual equivalent of Who's Who, Ed is known for lugging 30 or more books to his vacation home on Cape Cod every summer. He is known as well for a dry, sharp wit that belies his normally self-effacing style (he once wryly observed that the return of a former, imposing managing editor would be "the Second Coming...