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Odds Shorten On Another Italian Pope
Page 4 from 25th March 1977Correspondent ALTHOUGH the next Conclave to elect a Pope will have a more international flavour than in the past, Vatican officials are of the......
A Solemn Office Becomes A Grassroots Mission
Page 7 from 28th December 1979AS 1301'H spiritual leader of the world's 700 million Catholics dust under 20 per cent of mankind) and head of Vatican City State, Pope John Paul......
This Week In Vatican City
Page 2 from 13th October 1978A Vatican diary from Norman St John Shwas I am up at six in the morning, not my finest hour and off to Heathrow to catch a British Airways flight......
The 'awful' Mr. Montano
Page 6 from 24th December 1971Donal Giltinan appraises a book which purports to lay bare the greed and corruption of the Catholic Church and the Vatican t lL Donal GiltInan......
Parallel Between Choosing Popes And Presidents
Page 4 from 19th March 1976by DOUGLAS BROWN AS we all know only too well, for almost a whole year out of every four the American people expect history to mark time while they......
Sympathetic Study Of The Borgias' Lives And Times
Page 6 from 15th September 1972The Borgias by Clemente Fusero, translated by Peter Green (Pall Mall Press £4.50) T HE BORGIA family is popularly linked with poison, intrigue,......
Cardinal With 'common Touch' Dies Aged 87
Page 1 from 25th February 1972FROM OUR ROME CORRESPONDENT T HE Church has lost one of her most colourful and picturesque princes and one of her staunchest, yet independently......
Books
Page 6 from 14th August 1970A faith that could withstand the shame by MALACHY CARROLL The Bad Popes by E. R. Chamberlin (Harnish Hamilton Ws.) B AD?-in what sense? . . .......
Problems Of Designing Papal Arms
Page 1 from 8th September 1978By John Carey Pope John Paul has given his approval to the new papal coat of arms designed and executed by Archbishop Bruno Heim the Apostolic......
Ladbrokes Regret But Carry On Taking Bets
Page 5 from 11th August 1978by David Browne Ladbrokes, the Londonbased bookmakers, were this week apologetic but unrepentant about taking bets on who would be the successor to......