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Benedict XVI has earned headlines and goodwill on this, his first visit as pope to the United States, by speaking out repeatedly about his anguish over the clergy sexual abuse scandal and yesterday meeting with a small group of abuse victims. The pope on Wednesday also told the American bishops at a meeting that some…

Below is the text of the pope’s speech to the U.N. just concluded. As expected, he’s a “natural” lawyer, and made the case very well. Also check out the CNS story.

In today’s Wall Street Journal I have a column on a thread that is increasingly emerging from the pope’s talks during this visit–namely, the need to recreate a new kind of Catholic culture, while at the same time not creating merely “cultural Catholics.” Not an easy one. Read more…

I saw this shot in Christianity Today recently, and couldn’t pass up a chance to post it. Yes, this blog is about Catholicism. But the pontiff took time out to say “Good yontif,” so we should as well. It’s a Google Earth perspective doctored to give us a new perspective on the age-old Exodus story–one…
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