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By their choice of a name, newly elected popes have tried to project an ideal for their pontificate.
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Peter Heinegg
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George M. Anderson
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On Feb. 21 the Vatican issued the most authoritative papal statement on the church and communications in nearly 50 years. Addressed to those responsible for communications, Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter Rapid Development (Il Rapido Sviluppo) stirred a ripple of interest at first, but wa