Thursday, April 10, 2008

In Peter’s Footsteps: Greeting

In this clip provided to the media courtesy of Vatican TV, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI reads a message about his upcoming trip to the USA. For most of the American public, this is the first time they are listening to this Pope speaking in the English language.

As a child, I thought that the Pope always had this special charism from God that allowed him to be fluent in all languages. The truth is, most Popes of the last century managed to have learned several languages. Most were members of the diplomatic corps, or spent years in the Curia, which would have put them in an international setting on a daily basis.

This post is the first of what is anticipated to be a series. mwbh won't be at any of the Papal events, with the possible exception of a drive-by on the streets of Washington. But we'll muddle through somehow, won't we?
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