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Benedict's morning homily at the landmark 5th Avenue cathedral included a first-ever papal plea to repair damages from the ideological battles that followed the 1960s Second Vatican Council. "One of the great disappointments which followed the Second Vatican Council, with its call for a greater engagement in the Church's mission to the world, has been the experience of division between different groups, different generations, different members of the same religious family," he said. "We can only move forward if we turn our gaze together to Christ! In the light of faith, we will then discover the wisdom...
...authored after the Pope made derogatory remarks about Islam in 2006. This November, the Pope will meet with Catholic and Muslim leaders for an interfaith dialogue in Rome. The Pope is also reaching out to the American Jewish community and will visit a synagogue for the third time in papal history. “This is such a great opportunity for him to reach out to Catholics and non-Catholics alike,” CSA member Neil C. Murthy ’08 said. “I hope his time here will be fruitful and will inspire...
...Papal Car Enthusiasts The customized Mercedes-Benz ML430 - otherwise known as the international Pope-mobile, as opposed to the one used in St. Peter's Square - will roll in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday. It will be in use in New York on Saturday after Benedict's 9:15 a.m. Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral and during his Saturday 4:30 p.m. visit to St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. It will tool around Yankee Stadium, where he will celebrate Sunday Mass...
...arrives for his first papal visit to the world's lone superpower, geopolitics remains the great open question in Benedict's three-year reign. The six-day visit to the United States - which includes a White House visit, an address at the United Nations and a prayer at Ground Zero - may be the best opportunity for the theologian pontiff to define his leadership in international relations. "The Pope per se is simply the custodian of the Catholic tradition," says a senior Vatican official. "He can become a global leader if he manages to embody a battle of ideals that...
...American visit, however, poses an unprecedented pastoral challenge for the 80-year-old pontiff. Benedict's is the first papal trip to the United States since the priest sex abuse crisis erupted in 2001. It is a controversy that has left much of the American laity bitterly disillusioned with their Church's leadership. For many of the 67 million American Catholics, how the Pope confronts the lingering fallout from the pedophilia scandal may largely determine the success of this visit...