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Pope names first Eastern bloc cardinal amid Vatican Kremlin tensions
Pope John Paul II elevates 18 prelates including Latvia’s Julijan Vaivods to cardinal, signaling cautious diplomacy with the Kremlin. Western diplomats question why no Lithuanian cardinal is named as Moscow and Vatican spar over Poland, Bulgaria, and Solidarity tensions continue.
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Moscow
John Paul II
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Lithuania
Latvia
Vatican Ost-Politik
Julijan Vaivods
Riga
College of Cardinals
John Paul
Jozef Glemp
Warsaw
Poland
Franjo Kuharic
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Joachim Meisner
Berlin
John Paul I
Vatican
Lithuanian Republic
Julijonas Steponavicius
Vilnius
Steponavicius
Sen
Bulgaria