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Benedict's Birthday: It's on April 16th, so one might expect best wishes from George W. Bush at the White House welcoming ceremony on Wednesday. But if you want to hear seminarians sing "Happy Birthday to You," wait until his visit to St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday...
...Latin Mass Benedict, who recently made it easier for priests to celebrate the mass in Latin (the norm prior to the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s) will be sprinkling Latin throughout his visit. But the highlight may be at his 5:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer service and meeting with the U.S. Catholic Bishops, which will have numerous Latin passages, and his Sunday 2:30 p.m. Yankee Stadium Mass, where the Creed, normally recited here in English, will be in Rome's mother tongue...
...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...
...extra element of rivalry as the Indian team tried to outdo their erstwhile colonial masters. A little over a decade ago an Indian Prime Minister called the U.K. a "third-rate" country after a perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused a furor during a Royal visit to the site of the massacre at Amritsar when he suggested that a memorial plaque "exaggerated" the number of people killed there by British troops. Still, while such contretemps may make headlines, they also distract from the love affair between Britain and India that endures to this...
...already hurting public, Sarkozy had some reason for hope. Polls released early this week showed his approval rating rising to 40% in March from February's 37%, the low point in what had been his 30% drop since July. The fillip stemmed from Sarkozy's triumphant state visit to London last month, where his sober demeanor impressed a French public that has wearied of his taste for flash. The "re-presidentialization" of his image seemed to be winning back many of the conservative voters turned off by Sarkozy's earlier "bling-bling" persona; Elysée officials felt they turned...