Pope talks with Mr Botha
NZPA-AAP Vatican City The South African Prime Minister, Pieter Botha, capped his European diplomatic debut by receiving a plaudit from the Vatican about “a positive step forward” in South Africa’s relations with its black African neighbours.
Pope John Paul II met with Mr Botha for 28 minutes yesterday in his Srivate study while several undred demonstrators gathered in front of the South African Embassy co denounce Botha’s visit and South Africa’s apartheid system of racial segregation.
A Vatican statement issued later placed heavy stress on the Pope’s desire for the independence of Namibia, the territory in south-west Africa being ruled by South Africa The statement reiterated the Catholic Church’s opposition to South African racial policies of apartheid.
but in a carefully couched paragraph that omitted any reference to the Pope’s own views or to Mr Botha’s : regime. , The Vatican said the Roman Catholic bishops of South Africa have publicly demonstrated their “concerns and reservations” about apartheid
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