THE sudden flight of Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty from his "exile" in the U.S. embassy in Budapest marks the end of yet another chapter in the history of the cold war (see story opposite). To anyone old enough to recall the dark presence of untempered Stalinism in Eastern Europe, Mindszenty was, and is, a stirring, heroic, tragic figure. To many people, he remains a symbol of the ultimate incompatibility of Communism and Christianity, of the righteous intransigence of a man of God before godless men. Others would acknowledge his courage and tenacity but add...
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