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The Pope in the Holy Land: Two verdicts
By
David Gibson
At PoliticsDaily.com, Elizabeth Lev (the daughter of Mary Ann Glendon) titles her analysis “How Israel Could Have Been a Better Host to Benedict,” and as the title suggests, takes aim at Israel and some Jewish leaders for undermining that leg of the pilgrimage. Her walkaway: “But in Jerusalem, despite the gaily colored papal flags alternating with…
Benedict as Reagan
By
David Gibson
That is the trope taken from Pope Benedict’s words today in the Aida refugee camp. The full text is here. And as Cindy Wooden writes in CNS: While Israeli officials, citing security concerns, forced organizers of the event at the camp to move the papal reception away from the wall, the miles of concrete slicing through…
Benedict among the Christians
By
David Gibson
For me today’s events–in Bethlehem and the Occupied Territories–are highlights of this papal trip to the Holy Land. Much of the focus is, inevtiably, on the pope’s relations with Islam and Judaism–not the best, especially in the latter case–and it seems they will be what they will be. Others focus on the geopolitics, as John…
FULL TEXT: Archbishop Raymond Burke’s speech at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
By
David Gibson
KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF THE MOST REVEREND RAYMOND LEO BURKE, D.D., J.C.D. ARCHBISHOP-EMERITUS OF SAINT LOUIS PREFECT OF THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL OF THE APOSTOLIC SIGNATURA NATIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST “CELEBRATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH” WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 8, 2009 Introduction 1. I am deeply honored to give the Keynote Address…
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