How fitting that Pope Benedict traveled on Friday evening from the Park East Synagogue to St Joseph s Catholic Church on East 86th St The visit to the Synagogue on the eve of Passover was an event added on to an already busy schedule This visit surely reminded the assembled ecumenical leaders
Peter Schineller
Peter Schineller, S.J., is a former associate editor of America.
Posted inIn All Things
What Should the Pope Say?
Pope Benedict will visit the USA from April 16-20 He will of course meet numerous leaders and give a series of addresses including celebrating Masses in stadiums in DC and NYC Here is an invitation What do you think the Pope should say to American Catholics and thus also to the American publ
Posted inFaith in Focus
From Grief to Hope
On December 10, 2005, a Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 aircraft crashed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, killing 127 passengers. Sixty of those killed were students of Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, Nigeria. This reflection was written shortly after the event.
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Culture Shock on Returning to America: From June 29, 1991
In These Pages: From June 29, 1991
