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Archbishop Luigi Poggi, a Vatican diplomat-at-large whose primary function is to maintain contact between the Holy See and the Polish government, returned to Rome following a week-long visit to Poland. While there, he had met with Jaruzelski and delivered a papal message urging an end to martial law. Poggi professed to see "some rays of hope" and even "the possibility of a reconciliation." Mediation with the Jaruzelski regime is being conducted not by the church directly but through a "social council" made up of Catholic laymen. Among them is a close friend of the Pope, Jerzy Turowicz...
...seven months. The pictures were taken by Lowell Newton, an American who had witnessed the assassination attempt. Newton's photos were passed on to the police almost immediately after the shooting, but there was no reaction. Then, in December, the Italians suddenly called Newton to Rome. He made the trip last week to testify about what he had seen...
...instant of the tragedy clearly shows another Turk at Agca's elbow. Turkish authorities have identified the man as Omar Ay, a member of the neofascist National Action Party (N.A.P.), the group that aided Agca to escape from a Turkish jail and start on his trip to Rome. A warrant for Ay's arrest is outstanding in Ankara...
...missionaries took a hard line with the newfound faithful. "Many were bewildered when they were told to throw away everything connected with their ancestral way," explains Father Shigeshi Oyama, who runs the tiny Roman Catholic parish now on Ikitsuki. Only half of the underground Christians decided to reunite with Rome. The others persisted in their insular worship...
DIED. Franjo Seper, 76, Yugoslavia-born Cardinal who was an influential member of the Vatican hierarchy as head of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Holy Office), a post he served in from 1968 to 1981; of a heart attack; in Rome...