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By now, you’ve probably heard reports that the Speaker of the House is planning to meet with Pope Benedict. As of right now, it’s unconfirmed. The Washington Post — the source for the story — reports: If working on NATO matters is not for you, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leading a delegation to…

Some interesting and timely news out of Rome early this morning: Two months after his trip to Africa, the Holy Father is scheduled to visit the Middle East where he will see the place of Jesus’ baptism, a mosque in Jordan, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, as well as Bethlehem and Nazareth. Though the trip…

Two famous Germans — one a chancellor, the other a pope — chatted on the phone Sunday. They didn’t talk about the weather. From the AP: The German chancellor called the pope Sunday, days after she demanded he clarify the Vatican’s stance on the Holocaust after it lifted the excommunication of a bishop who denies…

The venerable John Allen speculates that Barack Obama and Pope Benedict, while poles apart on some important issues, still share some common ground: The prevailing view in the Vatican leadership, even among Benedict and his conservative supporters, seems to be cautious optimism. These leaders seem to think they have more in common with the new…
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