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Kim Lawton: The Pope, Catholic Voters, and the 2008 Election
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Kim Lawton: The Pope, Catholic Voters, and the 2008 Election

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton looks at the impact Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. may have on the 2008 elections.

Posted: Apr 25th, 2008  Comments: 1   Views: 958   
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Fr. Patrick LaBelle, O.P.: A Campus Perspective on the Papal Visit
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Fr. Patrick LaBelle, O.P.: A Campus Perspective on the Papal Visit

In a sense, Pope Benedict did nothing wrong. Even more surprising, he did many things even better than well.

Posted: Apr 25th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 862   
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Jack Miles: Benedict XVI at the United Nations
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Jack Miles: Benedict XVI at the United Nations

The papal style in rhetoric has ever favored the general over the particular, the timeless over the topical, and the abstract over the concrete. Benedict XVI's April 18 address to the General Assembly of the United Nations proved no exception to the rule.

Posted: Apr 21st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,286   
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Interview: David Gibson, author of THE RULE OF BENEDICT
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Interview: David Gibson, author of THE RULE OF BENEDICT

David Gibson, author of THE RULE OF BENEDICT, discusses the differences between Pope Benedict XVI and John Paul II.

Posted: Apr 19th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,198   
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Interfaith Interaction with the Pope
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Interfaith Interaction with the Pope

After Pope Benedict XVI met with leaders of different faiths at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington Thursday evening (April 17), one rabbi flipped open his cell phone, dialed a number and, when connected to the other caller, pronounced, "I'm becoming a Catholic."

Posted: Apr 19th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,100   
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Richard Ryscavage, SJ: The Moral Foundations of Human Rights and the UN Itself
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Richard Ryscavage, SJ: The Moral Foundations of Human Rights and the UN Itself

Pope Benedict XVI devoted most of his UN General Assembly speech to a philosophical explication of the moral foundations of human rights and of the UN itself.

Posted: Apr 19th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,218   
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Gerald O’Collins, S.J.: “If You Seek Peace and Security, Work for Justice and Human Rights”
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Gerald O’Collins, S.J.: “If You Seek Peace and Security, Work for Justice and Human Rights”

Pope Benedict XVI devoted most of his UN General Assembly speech to a philosophical explication of the moral foundations of human rights and of the UN itself.

Posted: Apr 19th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,102   
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Kim Lawton and Bob Abernethy: The Pope at the UN
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Kim Lawton and Bob Abernethy: The Pope at the UN

n a live special report on the pope's address to the United Nations Friday (April 18), RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY managing editor Kim Lawton and executive editor Bob Abernethy analyze the speech and how it amplifies key themes of Pope Benedict's papacy.

Posted: Apr 18th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 884   
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Eric O. Hanson: A Religious-Political Pilgrimage to the UN
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Eric O. Hanson: A Religious-Political Pilgrimage to the UN

Today Pope Benedict XVI, like his predecessors Paul VI and John Paul II (twice), made a religious-political pilgrimage to the United Nations.

Posted: Apr 18th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,122   
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Anne-Marie Slaughter: Dialogue and Faith
Pope Benedict XVI in the US

Anne-Marie Slaughter: Dialogue and Faith

The pope offered a vision of a world in which faith can draw the world's peoples and cultures together instead of pushing them apart.

Posted: Apr 18th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 934   
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