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Disembodied Spirits. Apart from Pope Paul VI, Arafat is the only person who does not represent a government ever to address the plenary Assembly. The Pontiff had a claim to legitimacy as head of a state; he is ruler of Vatican City. Arafat heads a heterogeneous organization whose popular strength is untested, but the Arab nations nonetheless greeted him as a conquering hero...
...four weeks, while the 1974 Synod of Bishops met in Rome, Pope Paul VI had dutifully sat silent through the plenary sessions as Roman Catholic bishops from around the world frequently criticized their church and often made bold suggestions for improving it (TIME, Oct. 28). Not until the final session did the Pope get his chance at rebuttal. He first congratulated the bishops for making the synod a "positive experience." He was pleased, he said, at the "increasing vitality of the particular churches." But he then went on to make it clear who was still boss. He was, he reminded...
...delegation was rebuffed at city hall, they milled about the building, brandishing boards and iron bars, until carabinieri in riot gear drove them off. In the 19th century square where they jostled, the hero ic bronze statue of the "Green Count" of Savoy (a 14th century nobleman named Amadeo VI, whose sobriquet derives from his inevitable green jousting costume) had been draped with a new red flag. Beneath the statue of the count, a blonde girl frugged incongruously on the pedestal as the fighting rolled...
...Pope Paul VI grievously ill? That recurrent question began circulating again in Rome after a visiting diplomat came away from a meeting with the Pope, worrying that his "sunken eyes presaged death within weeks." However, another recent visitor described the Pontiff, who turns 77 on Sept. 26, as "energetic and in full command." That assessment seemed to be bolstered by the Pope's appearance at last month's feast of the Assumption; he surefootedly negotiated the cobblestone streets near his summer villa at Castel Gandolfo to say Mass at a parish church. Rumors about Paul's health...
Pious Triviality. Could it be revived? The present Pope, Paul VI, hoped so. "The friendship between church and artists must be re-established," he declared ten years ago. Thus began the Vatican's collection of 20th century religious art, which is now receiving its first summer of tourists after some private viewings in 1973. About 542 works by more than 250 artists are displayed in the redecorated windings of the Borgia Apartments...