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Gemayel emphasized in Washington, as well as during his subsequent talks in Paris and Rome, that the extra peace-keeping forces would be needed until the Lebanese army has been significantly strengthened. In Paris, President François Mitterrand promised to increase the number of French troops in Lebanon. Said an Elysée spokesman...
...before the canonization, terrorists, armed with hand grenades and submachine guns, killed a two-year-old boy and wounded 38 other Jews leaving festival services in Rome's largest synagogue. In his sermon honoring Kolbe, the Pope said, "The tragic fate of so many Jews destroyed without pity in the concentration camps has already been condemned, firmly and irrevocably, by the conscience of humanity. But unfortunately, even in our own time criminal episodes of anti-Semitic hatred are repeated." He then denounced the "execrable attack" of the preceding day. Jewish leaders nonetheless complained bitterly that the Pope...
...Milingo was named Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka in 1969, his qualifications seemed considerable: he was energetic, pious, modest, well educated and possessed of a popular touch. Milingo has not exactly lived up to the Vatican's hopes. Since April, he has been sequestered at a monastery in Rome for a year of "rest and reflection," as well as psychiatric observation. Milingo's detention has angered many Zambian Catholics, who held two large rallies in Kabwe last week demanding that the Vatican "release" their archbishop by Nov. 4. Some are even threatening schism...
...issue that threatens to split African Catholicism is Milingo's unconventional ministry, in particular his faith healing and exorcism. While in Rome nine years ago, Milingo experienced a trancelike vision after meeting Italian priests in the Catholic charismatic movement, which, with Vatican acceptance, promotes such uncommon practices as speaking in tongues and faith healing...
...tribal magic when he should be promoting modern medicine. The archbishop's opponents have also charged him with neglect of his administrative duties. A group of African bishops in 1978 ordered a halt to Milingo's healings. When he persisted, the Vatican finally summoned him to Rome...