Word: bavaria
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...soil have largely followed similar pilgrimesque itineraries: warming up to a million young Catholics at World Youth Day in Cologne, paying homage to his predecessor in Poland, trying to turn back a wave of Spanish secularism in Valencia, and returning two months ago to his native German region of Bavaria...
...predecessor. Moreover, what had initially propelled John Paul to the center of the world stage was his challenge to communism and its subsequent fall, a huge geopolitical event that the Pope helped precipitate with two exhilarating visits to his beloved Polish homeland. By contrast, what could Benedict do? Liberate Bavaria...
...mass production. Suzanne Dokolas Athens Re "Nuclear implosion," on how traditional family structures are giving way to new, improvised setups: a patchwork of competing cultural factors is prompting European families to adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids). At my workplace, I am surrounded by such married couples. And more and more female singles...
...Benedict's speech last Tuesday at his old university in Bavaria was undoubtedly provocative and open to a range of interpretations. And for that reason, any course in Communication 101 - not to mention centuries of Vatican diplomacy - could have seen this coming. So much so that one wonders if the Pope didn't show his speech to even a single top collaborator...
...heading into his triumphant visit this week to his native Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI must have already had his subsequent trip somewhere in his thoughts. Just two months ahead of his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country, Benedict had decided to use a key speech at a German University to explore the differences between Islam and Christianity, and the risk of faith-based violence...