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When Pope Benedict XVI touches down for his first papal visit in the United States next week, you may notice that he doesn't have the same onstage flair as his predecessor, John Paul II. But you may also begin to notice a very handsome man of the cloth never far from the pontiff's side. That would be Monsignor Georg Gänswein, the Pope's personal secretary, responsible for everything from deciding who gets to see Benedict, to keeping His Holiness on schedule, to discreetly handing him his papal reading glasses just before a homily or other public discourse...
...Your predecessor introduced a strategy around three segments--health, power and transportation--tied to the growth of megacities like Beijing. Are you changing...
...York City on April 20, will present most Americans with their first opportunity to take the "new" Pope's measure. Some American Catholics already feel they are familiar with Benedict and his values and coexistence is not an association that immediately crops up. Benedict clearly lacks his predecessor's charismatic affability and sense of the dramatic gesture. His conservative writings suggest a divergence from a large part of the U.S. laity, whom he regards as victims of the moral relativism he feels pervades Western culture. Given his past role as the Vatican's enforcer of orthodoxy, he might not seem...
...have successfully faced the challenge of proving they have the substance to back up their cultural impact. Though it lacks a single as universally likeable as “Crazy,” “The Odd Couple” is a dramatic improvement over its predecessor for a variety of reasons. Danger Mouse’s arrangements are far more interesting and unique, combining various different musical elements while maintaining cohesion. This is especially apparent on some of the album’s more distinctive tracks, such as “Open Book?...
...suggested that she planned to stay at HMC longer than her predecessor, calling her appointment “the pinnacle for me in my career...