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...Priest Shortage: The issue will be central at his prayer service and meeting with bishops at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate conception in Washington and at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday. Benedict will also bring up his hopes for greater activism by regular laypeople...
...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...
...literally to stand with these Tibetans,” she said. “I’m enriched by them. I have so much sympathy for them.” Timothy M. Garrity, a converted Buddhist who studies with Harvard Buddhist Chaplain Lama Migmar Tseten, recited a Tibetan prayer for the deceased halfway through the vigil. Phunkhang said that the vigils will be held continuously for a total of 49 days and periodically after that. According to Tibetan religion, 49 is the number of days it takes for the spirit to leave the body after death...
...those pronounced by John Paul II back in 2000 for the sins of the Church over past centuries, including persecution of Jews and heretics. Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who heads the Vatican office for the clergy, sent a letter to bishops around the world in January, urging special prayer sessions for the victims of sexual abuse by priests...
...time religion of freedom-loving pragmatism? First of all, it was religion. For all of the ideals of the movement, it was an alliance with God-and-guns evangelicals that brought Reagan to power. However, neither Reagan nor Bush Sr. were born-again zealots: under their leadership, abortion, school prayer, and other banner issues of the megachurches remained untouched...