Soviet Reporter Will Go on Trip With Pope
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<i> Associated Press</i>
VATICAN CITY — A reporter from the newspaper Trud will accompany Pope John Paul II on a papal trip to Africa next month, the first time a Soviet journalist will travel on one of the pontiff’s visits.
The Vatican on Friday released a list of 50 journalists who will fly aboard a specially outfitted plane that will take the Pope, Vatican officials and many from the Vatican press corps on an eight-day trip.
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