The Pope s visit is stimulating a lot of different reactions on many fronts even if the drama of the sexual abuse issue tends to hog the media s attention Another appreciative response for me is focused on Benedict s active support of the UN and its international work on human rights Ameri

The Pope s itinerary did not include Boston the center of the clerical sex abuse crisis so Boston came to the Pope In a private meeting at the nunciature Pope Benedict XVI met with half a dozen victims of clerical sex abuse prayed with them and Boston Cardinal Sean O Malley OFM Cap gave

Today Pope Benedict met with five or six victims of sexual abuse from the Boston area The emotional meeting took place in the office of the Vatican nuncio to the U S in Washington D C For many Catholics this represents a significant step forward in the healing of the church It is not

Matt Malone S J is on assignment covering the papal visit to the United States The final installments of his review of the HBO mini-series John Adams will appear next week on America Connects You can catch up on his previous reviews here

The blogosphere erupted before last night s debate on ABC was even over and the eruption began on the pages of ABC s own Web site It was almost one hour before hosts Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos got around to asking a question about a real issue instead focusing on Rev Wright B

Thank goodness for Youtube among other graces in the papal visit so that we can hear President George W Bush utter what are sure to be oft-quoted words addressed to the Vicar of Christ Thank you Your Holiness Awesome speech The response of the Successor to St Peter is not audible Ja