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...Pope's policy on priests and politics. Most of the doubt stemmed from the fact that the Pontiffs decision apparently was given orally to Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuit order; presumably only those two know exactly what John Paul II said. Jesuit headquarters in Rome communicated he decision to Drinan's superior, Edward M. O'Flaherty, Jesuit provincial in New England. O'Flaherty phoned the Congressman with this message: "Bob, I have some bad news for you. I received word rom the general [Arrupe] that the Holy Father himself asked that you withdraw...
Gaddafi's threat has given rise to fears that Libyan death squads may be operating overseas. Four anti-Gaddafi Libyans were murdered in Rome and London earlier this year; suspects arrested for the crimes are all fervent supporters of the colonel. At week's end a fifth Libyan dissident was assassinated when a gunman got his victim to accompany him to a Rome cafe, then pumped two bullets into his head. Italian police arrested a Libyan citizen who reportedly confessed to the murder, saying that the dissident was an "enemy of the Libyan people and of Gaddafi, which...
...levels in the past few years. In Atlanta alone, where representatives of Keep America Beautiful as well as delegates from 14 foreign countries gathered last week for the 1980 conference of Clean World International, litter has been reduced by 52%. Two smaller Georgia cities have done even better. In Rome (pop. 30,000), litter is down 54% and in Macon (pop. 120,000) a spectacular...
...only the second time in history that a Pope of Rome had set foot in the heart of Africa,* and Kinshasa was only the beginning. The Pope had been asked to visit 30 African nations. In the end, though, only a visit to six of them seemed possible, and that involved a demanding 11,250-mile, eleven-day tour by plane, car, boat, helicopter and LandRover, which will take John Paul to Zaïre, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta and the Ivory Coast. The itinerary was confined to Africa's middle, south of the vast Sahara region, which...
...return to Europe had sharpened Ussia's appreciation of Italian culture, making him more determined to see it brought to Italian-Americans. "It's said if you take Italian culture out of Western civilization, there's nothing left," Ussia says, adding, "Rome brought civilization to a world that was barbarian beyond its confines...