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...Vatican takeover was ordered last October by Secretary of State Agostino Cardinal Casaroli. In a harsh private letter to Father Felipe Sainz de Baranda, superior of the female and male Discalced Carmelites, the Cardinal indicated that Rome would side with the traditionalist minority in the new constitution. Those who dislike the result, Casaroli said, can seek "other forms of consecrated life"--in other words, leave the order...
Reform-minded nuns reacted with "surprise and pain," according to a sister in Rome. Father Sainz de Baranda wrote to the Pope, "Permit me, Your Holiness...
Parker insists that his fellow converts are making no effort to lure other Episcopalians toward Rome. "I love the Episcopal Church," he says. "I have no animosity toward it. It is where I first learned the Catholic religion...
...start clapping. Soon somebody else would follow suit, and in a little while the whole street or piazza was clapping." What actor could resist? Adds Mastroianni: "In Naples the people will smile at you and whisper, 'Hallo, Marcello, we are getting old; come and have a coffee.' But in Rome, God protect you. They will snigger behind your back, 'Now he is old. Look at those lines.' " In such an atmosphere, the two actors could hardly help becoming friends and daydreaming about a possible second film...
...Swiss have proceeded independently of the Italian investigation of the papal shooting, which, beginning in May, will bring Agca and seven accused coconspirators to trial in Rome. Agca, who has already been convicted of his part in the shooting, will be retried in light of new evidence of a conspiracy. Italian prosecutors plan to try Celik in absentia...