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Everyday before Kenneth P. Ambrose heads to work, he visits the cemetery where his two sons are buried. Next to his son who died in 1998 from pulmonary blood clots rests his other son, Paul W. Ambrose, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 that was hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Along with nine other Harvard University alumni, Ambrose, a 2000 graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), lost his life in the terrorist attacks. Five years later, Ambrose’s parents and loved ones of the other Harvard victims commemorated those killed. But they said just...
...This is indeed Benedict doing it on his own terms. Rather than tackling the challenge of fundamentalist terrorism with a pithy remark packaged for the 9/11 anniversary or reaching for a John Paul-inspired sweeping gesture, the professor Pope went digging into his books. He went so far as to quote a 14th century Byzantine emperor?s hostile view of Islam's founder. "The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war," the Pope said. "He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil...
...penultimate phrase of his lecture, Benedict said: "It is to this great logos, to this breadth of reason, that we invite our partners in the dialogue of cultures." Ah yes, the "d" word. "Dialogue" has become a familiar papal term ever since John Paul launched the first of many interfaith gatherings in the medieval Italian city of Assisi two decades ago. Just last month, in fact, was the 20th anniversary of that first encounter. Benedict, as he did last year, skipped the anniversary event in St. Francis' hometown-and Vatican insiders say he has always been skeptical of the encounters...
...Though the changing of the guards has been more deliberate than some had wanted - especially those critical of the power that Sodano had amassed in the last years of John Paul's papacy - the new Pope has nonetheless already made some notable personnel moves, with others sure to come. Here are five key changes that have taken place since Benedict took over in April 2005, and five more shifts that may be on the horizon...
...major slimming to the structure of the Roman Curia, as Benedict merged four existing pontifical councils into two. The Pontifical Council for Migrants and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace were consolidated into one office headed by Justice and Peace chief Italian Cardinal Renato Martino. Likewise, French Cardinal Paul Poupard, who headed the Pontifical Council for Culture, will now also oversee the operations of what had been the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue. In the short term, two top prelates - Japanese Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao and British Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, respectively - lost their Curial positions in the double...