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Queen Elizabeth may have been put off by the extreme security precautions enveloping Reagan's trip. For instance, her aides refused a request that U.S. stewards watch over preparation of the President's food. Other hosts were miffed too. In Rome, Spadolini was kept by U.S. security men from going through the tight cordon outside the Palazzo Chigi until Italian police could finally inform them that the gentleman they were holding up from a meeting with Reagan was the Prime Minister of Italy. In Bonn, U.S. security men annoyed the Germans by insisting on inspecting the carbines...
Just the night before the Pope landed, while his jet was already well into its 16-hour flight from Rome to Argentina, crowds were still celebrating Malvinas Day. But the mood was already shifting from fatherland to Holy Father: a bent old lady fingered her Rosary at Our Lady of Mercy Church in the downtown district of Retire, praying both for the safety of her grandson in Port Stanley and for the Pontiffs safe arrival...
...good news for executives on the move is that Europe is now classified as a bargain. Only two years ago, travelers needed bundles of money for Britain and most Continental cities. London is now only 6% more expensive than New York, while Rome is 17% cheaper and even Paris is 3% less costly than New York. Vive la différence...
Buoyed by such acclaim, back in Rome a tired John Paul and his harried entourage barely had enough time to unpack, greet the visiting President Reagan, sketch plans, repack and take off Friday for Argentina. That journey of 7,000 miles carries no ecumenical agenda whatsoever; the population is 92% Catholic, compared with Britain's 13%. But while the basic purpose is pastoral, even more than in Britain the political landscape is dotted with opportunities for trouble. "The Pope's visit could weigh heavily in peace negotiations," La Prensa, the leading daily in Buenos Aires, warned last week...
...plane from Britain to Rome, the Pope mingled informally with the press corps on board. He was in high spirits, fairly brimming over with satisfaction over the way the six-day pilgrimage had gone. But behind the Pope's back, some Vatican officials complain that John Paul spends too much time making and planning trips and not enough on the administration of the Holy See. They could perhaps point to the current labor situation in Rome, where a labor association representing most of the 1,800 lay employees in the world's smallest state plans an unprecedented...