The World : Marcos, Prelate Reconciled

Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos and one of his sternest critics, Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, embraced in Manila and pledged reconciliation. Sin said this “opens a new horizon of harmony” between the state and the Roman Catholic Church. The cardinal said Mass to celebrate Marcos’ 68th birthday, a move he had rejected in previous years. Church leaders have warned that national divisions could lead to a Communist takeover. Later, however, a group of Protestant and Catholic churchmen led a march to the presidential palace to protest the alleged slaying of dissenters by the military.