Ancient warriors
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...There were the small gestures: the increasingly frail pontiff was offered a vessel of Cuban earth to kiss in place of the airport tarmac...
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...http://www.commonwealmagazine.org ~' ~ ~ W~ ý84 ,~ immmm mmr~v~vl~ ~m mv~v.j Ancient warriors p ope John Paul II and President Fide/Castro, after long and arduous negotiations, finally greeted each other on Cuban soil...
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...Those who have suffered under communism in Cuba should not have to suffer the onslaughts of an unleashed free market that would likely be dominated by wealthy Cubans returning from abroad after Castro is gone...
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...Castro helped the pope to a chair at the welcoming ceremonies...
...In English, he replied, "Yes and the Mets have a Cuban too...
...And now I turn you over to the Cuban people," the young woman from the Ministry of Tourism said, gesturing toward Havana's Plaza of the Revolution where hundreds of thousands waited for Mass to begin...
...On the brief drive to Havana, we drew alongside a caravan of rickety buses from San Luis...
...Castro clings to power over a miserably failed economy and an unraveling social fabric...
...Though very tight, this stranglehold has proved useless in either bringing down Castro or changing his ideology...
...The pope's visit and the transitional state of Cuban society make it clear that it is time to lift the embargo and the hammerlock in which Cuban exiles hold U.S...
...He could resign if he is found "not innocent," but we doubt he will be so found, even though he may be guilty of something--or other...
...Remedy: more self-flagellation, more self-criticism, and more genuine reporting...
...Under the circumstances, the latter is a sound principle...
...We (cardinals, bishops, priests, and lay people) would fly to Havana at 5 A.M., go straight to the Mass, and return immediately after...
...Which is to say that what we "know" is a mass of contradictions...
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...It is tantalizing to apply the lessons of John Paul's visits to Poland, but of course Cuba's own history is far different...
...Opinion polls show that many do not believe the president's denials, yet his standing in the polls has never been higher...
...Few reported "facts" are verified...
...9 Topic C: The media will self-flagellate about the frenzied coverage even as the coverage continues...
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...There was something dramatic, even touching, in their meeting, ancient warriors engaged in battle, yet remarkably courteous and deferential...
...Fidel Castro and the United States government should both change their policies...
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...the two met privately at the Palace of the Revolution...
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...Instead we have abetted the mismanagement of the Cuban economy by denying Cuba any form of economic exchange with the United States--its natural trading partner...
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...The procession dissolved against a wall of people...
...The sacrifices exacted from the Cuban people by both Mr...
...Conclusion: for all of the coverage, we know very little...
...Castro to free political prisoners...
...Standing at the edge, I saw many families with children and groups of teen-agers wearing tee shirts that said, "Juan Pablo II: Mensajero De La Verdad La Esperanza...
...Esperanza" was the theme of the day, that and a fervent desire for an end to isolation...
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...Castro's own government and an economy that cannot support Cuba's citizens...
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...Castro sees any irony in this, he gives no sign of it...
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...Then, there was the larger point of the visit: disputation, indirect to be sure, but disputation nonetheless over moral issues of the kind that ought to engage world leaders about economic justice, the moral ordering of society, and religious and civil liberties...
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...Above all, the United States, a friend of Poland, has not been a friend of Cuba...
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...Tour buses met us, complete with young women in red flight-attendant uniforms...
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...The pope told the Cuban people to become the "agents of their own history," and he urged Mr...
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...Castro and the embargo cannot be left unredeemed...
...His self-justifications to the p o p e - t h a t they both care for the fate of the poor, that they both seek social justice, that the church of prerevolutionary Cuba was repressive and intolerant--had the effect of pointing to the injustices of Mr...
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...So many went to Communion that they ran out...
...By the end of the Mass, I knew the tour guide had done me a great favor in turning me over to the Cuban people...
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...Castro unexpectedly attended the pope's Mass in Havana...
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...And who better to tell them than that inveterate traveler and teacher, John Paul II...
...Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater prosecutor, after expending three-and-a-half years and millions of dollars, has succeeded only in exposing the corruption of Arkansas politics...
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...They picked up the rhythm of the chanting crowd, "Juan Pablo our friend, Cuba is with you," and "With the pope, Cuba has hope...
...The pope got one of his biggest cheers when he calIed for Cuba to open up to the world...
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