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By Guy D. Garcia

When Pope John Paul II named 28 new cardinals from 19 different countries last week, the list reflected the Pope's concern for doctrinal orthodoxy and his opposition to Communism. Among the Archbishops elevated to the Sacred College: Miguel Obando y Bravo of Managua, Nicaragua, and Paulos Tzadua of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, each a determined critic of his country's leftist government, and Warsaw's Henryk Gulbinowicz, a supporter of Poland's outlawed Solidarity union. Also receiving red hats were two U.S. prelates whose outlooks seem cut from papal cloth: Boston's Bernard F. Law and New York City's John J. O'Connor, 65, who acknowledged the news by noting, "The Holy Father is anxious that all bishops practice his teaching." Another apparent signal of the Pope's conservative views came when perhaps the most famous Roman Catholic woman in the U.S. suddenly became a Vatican unperson. Former Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, 49, who had some celebrated clashes with O'Connor over the abortion issue last year, had a ten- minute private audience with the Pope last week. When reporters asked for details, Vatican officials offered a terse "no comment," and would not provide the usual photographs.