
Does the Pope Love America?

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John Allen had some interesting things to say on the topic in a recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life speech: "But I think the dominant note probably -- and this may be a surprise for some people -- I suspect the dominant note will be deep appreciation for the religious vitality of American society. ". . . I think what has come to be the much more dominant note in terms of what Vatican people see when they look across the water these days is a real fondness and appreciation for what they see as the religious health of American culture in comparison with contemporary Europe. And I think the critical ingredient here is not that anything particularly has changed in the United States; it’s more what has happened in Europe in the last 10 years." http://www.pewforum.org/events/?EventID=173#religious I have blogged the topic here: http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2008/04/if-you-want-to.html
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