Posted on 04/19/2008 12:42:01 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
So, the pope came to town.
Yes, and the town (little Washington, D.C.) practically came unglued. The media fell all over themselves, situating cameras all over the city and scrambling for position to broadcast every move His Eminence made. He even made Entertainment Tonight, and virtually every news show on TV.
There was the president himself, waiting at the foot of the stairs as his guest descended from Shepherd I, to welcome the pope, who stepped nimbly down to the tarmac, beaming with delight. There were cherry-blossomed streets for the motorcade through the city, a grandly arrayed White House lawn where millions saw the pope and the president striding outside the Oval Office, and a red carpeted entrance to the National Cathedral where hundreds of robed bishops waited reverently to receive the pontiff.
We watched as the gentle, white robed spiritual leader knelt in silent homage to a likeness of the virgin Mary, one very special to him from his beloved Bavaria. The police, the special security guards accorded to the most important visiting dignitaries, and governmental representatives by the hundreds crowded around him at every turn, wanting make him feel welcome and appreciated and secure wherever he went. In the hours and days that followed, the news broadcasters reported on his words to Catholic leaders and his poignant meeting with some who had been abused sexually in their youth by priests they had trusted. He earnestly expressed his personal grief and the shame brought on the church by the actions of those priests, and prayed for those who had suffered.
I viewed this, and so much more, in amazement. I can't remember any head of state in my lifetime – not Anwar Sadat or Menachem Begin or
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Bill Maher: Pope ‘Used to be a Nazi’; Compares Catholic Church to Cult...
It’s a pretty good question Pat asks. Where IS the ACLU and the other usual suspects?
Pat Boone? Thought he died in a plane crash back in the 50’s.
I thought “His Eminence” was the way one properly addressed a cardinal?
You are correct. His Holiness is the papal salutation.
bill maher is nothing but a huge mouth in a smartass face
And even tinier voice. Many billions will live entire lifetimes never knowing -- much less caring -- who he is.
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