The World - News from Sept. 13, 1985
Pope John Paul II will no longer be given a byline on the column of his past writings distributed to 200 newspapers by publisher Rupert Murdoch’s news syndicates, the syndicates said. The Vatican has criticized the presentation of the column. The News America and Times of London syndicates said in a note to editors that the title of future columns is being changed from “Observations by Pope John Paul II” to “Selected Observations of Pope John Paul II.” This and other format changes were worked out with Archbishop John Foley, president of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications at the Vatican.
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