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...kidnaping, written critiques of the abduction and other operations by the brigatisti, photostats of letters Moro wrote during his captivity, as well as other letters he wrote that were never sent. There was also reported to be a complete list of the places where Moro was held in Rome...
...Rome, Cardinals bury a Pope and ponder his successor...
...mourners listened, Confalonieri mentioned as well the devotion of nearly a million people who had waited in the square to pay their last respects. It was an allusion to the extraordinary outburst of popular feeling for John Paul, both in Rome and around the world, that will have a special impact upon the difficult decision of the assembled Cardinals who next week must choose his successor...
With the funeral over, Rome entered the nine-day mourning period, or novendiali, and the assembled Cardinals continued with daily meetings to prepare for the Oct. 14 conclave. This time most of the housekeeping details had a strong air of déjà vu about them. But there were some new problems...
...kindly, humble man, a stern foe of any detente with Italian Communism. He is also head of Italy's national bishops' conference ? but suffers from erysipelas ("St. Anthony's fire"), a painful, recurrent skin disease. The same affliction troubles Ugo Cardinal Poletti, 64, the Pope's Vicar for Rome and thus the capital's real bishop, a prelate who has shown a vigorous concern for the city's poor...