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While the hard-working Math 55 students warrant admiration, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, who both took and taught the class, worries that the reputation may lead students to remain in the class for glory...
Against the advice of the Office of International Programs, my parents, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, friendly strangers from a wide variety of nations, and a few blockmates, I have never studied abroad. I voluntarily remained here in Cambridge: a city which once alternated between rain, hail, and sunshine in the time it took me to walk from Quincy House to William James Hall...
...Turkey trip will be hailed as a great success of Vatican diplomacy, and the Holy See's new Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, can take a chunk of the credit. The softer tones on Islam, the visit to the mosque, openly warm exchanges with Benedict's Orthodox counterpart, the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - and no major glitches - means the Pope returns to Rome with a new dose of what he sorely needed when he left: consensus. The Regensburg speech, and the risk it might incite violence, divided many Catholics - even those who may have instinctively agreed with...
...total of Benedict's speech in Regensburg and his visit to the mosque is that he is relevant on the Islam-and-the-West debate. But how can he stay relevant? Most Church insiders agree that ultimately this Pope's greatest gift is his intellect rather than his showmanship. This means that his next big act on Islam will likely be with words rather than gestures. But no one in Vatican circles I've spoken with can imagine how he can pick back up where he left off in Regensburg, directly questioning the historical and philosophical foundations of Islam, without...
...When Benedict prepared to deliver his Regensburg speech, he knew his next trip was to Turkey. We'll never know for sure why he didn't just wait to deliver the speech until after his visit two months later to the predominantly Muslim country. A solemn visit to a mosque and chats with clerics might have actually helped him improve the speech - and shielded him from accusations of being anti-Islam. On the other hand, it's possible that he wouldn't have even visited the Blue Mosque if he hadn't had Regensburg damage to repair. Similarly, the Vatican...