It was a week of prayers and pleas for peace and gestures of reconciliation to all sides in the Holy Land.
Posts Tagged: "Pope Benedict XVI"
May 15, 2009: Pope’s Mideast Trip Wrap-Up
Map: Pope Benedict in Jerusalem
Visit our interactive map for a closer look at some of the places Pope Benedict XVI is visiting in Jerusalem during his pilgrimage to the Middle East.
May 8, 2009: Religion and Peace in the Middle East
"I don't think any of us are under any illusions that we're going to solve the peace problem, but we also realize that you can't have peace without religious leaders," says former US ambassador Tony Hall.
March 27, 2009: Pope’s Trip to Africa Wrap-Up
After a week in Cameroon and Angola the pope said he was moved by Africa's "powerful sense of the sacred."
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.





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