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...make sacrifices. Nearly 1,300 Missionaries of Charity-1,132 nuns and 150 brothers-are now scattered throughout 67 countries tending the world's poor: in Yemen and Gaza, in Australia and Peru, in London and in New York City's South Bronx-even, at Pope Paul VI's request, in the shadow of St. Peter...
...Rashid Karami said the attacks "demonstrated Israel's perplexity after the victories scored by Syria and the P.L.O. at the U.N." P.L.O. Spokesman Abu Sharar also attributed the strikes to Israeli "desperation" over the Palestinians' diplomatic success. Criticism came from less predictable sources as well. Pope Paul VI, in a message of condolence cabled to the Lebanese government, called the raids "an inadmissible gesture of violence...
...tried to prevent King's audience with Pope Paul VI in September 1964. Using New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman as a conduit, the agency sent disparaging word of King's morals to the Pope, but he did not cancel the audience. The FBI also tried to persuade two universities to withdraw honorary degrees that they planned to award to King. It is not known if they complied...
Ever since Pope Alexander Ill's decree of 1179, the College of Cardinals has alone had the power to choose new popes. Vatican Council II, however, reasserted the authority of all bishops -whether cardinals or not-in helping to govern the church. In 1973 and 1974 Pope Paul VI broadly hinted he might go further and admit a few ordinary bishops to the conclave that elects a pope. But last week, when Paul-frail but vigorous at age 78-released the rules for choosing his successor, the cardinals-only tradition survived intact...
There are few odder couples than Pope Paul VI and Golda Meir. The disparity overwhelmed even Mrs. Meir two years ago as she prepared for the first official meeting between an Israeli Premier and a Roman Catholic Pontiff. "Imagine," she remarked to her aides. "I, the daughter of Moshe Mabovitch, who was just an ordinary carpenter, am actually on my way to the Holy See to meet the Pope." "Don't forget," retorted her assistant, "carpenters have a special standing there." Now that Mrs. Meir has written her memoirs, this image of the Yiddisher mama as world figure...