Italian Magazine: It was a high-see note
The Italian magazine Chi has published pictures of Luciano Pavarotti , 60, kissing his secretary, Nicoletta Mantovani , 26, during a vacation in Barbados. The magazine quoted the expansive tenor: "Nicoletta is the favorite of my harem. I hope this won't cause any difficulties. On the other hand, I couldn't live the life of a monk, especially here in Barbados. Nicoletta has become by now indispensable for my life. When she is not by my side, I feel...
Italian Magazine: Public Eye
Prince Charles, Kato Kaelin and Bess Myerson items held over Think it's hot? Well, it is, so relax; your personal thermostat isn't malfunctioning. In fact, the San Francisco-based International Pumpkin Association says pumpkin farmers across the country are having big problems this year due to heat. Which could mean -- gasp! -- a jack-o'-lantern shortage.Pumpkins don't like too much heat and humidity. They get fussy, ripen too early and too...
Italian Magazine: POPE'S ASSAILANT
An Italian magazine Oggi is quoting the mother of the Turk who shot Pope John Paul II as saying the pontiff has asked Italian authorities to release her son from prison. However, Vatican spokesman Monsignor Giulio Nicolini said in Rome that he had nothing to add to the fact that the pope has publicly forgiven his assailant, Mehmet Ali Agca, on several occasions. ...
Italian Magazine: Vatican View
Catholicism--Dissent in America
In decreeing that Roman Catholic educators have "no right to public dissent" on authoritative church teachings, the Vatican is aggressively enforcing Pope John Paul II's conservative orthodoxy and his intention to keep such U.S. Catholic theologians as Charles Curran in line, according to several American bishops and scholars.The Vatican order on Monday stripping Curran of the right to teach theology in a Catholic university was the latest--and...
Doctor denies saying pope has Parkinson's
Italian magazine stands by interview
The surgeon who performed Pope John Paul II's 1994 hip operation denied Thursday that he had said the pontiff was suffering from Parkinson's disease. Dr. Gianfranco Fineschi said he was misquoted in an interview he gave to the Italian magazine Oggi. "I was asked if the Holy Father had Parkinson's, to which I replied, 'I cannot exclude that he suffers from a Parkinson's-like illness, but it is not in my...
