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Latest News  2008 Papal trip to USA
2008 Papal trip to USA
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 Tuesday 29 April 2008
When speaking to the United Nations, it could be said Benedict XVI
proposed a new name for sovereignty, says the Holy See's permanent
observer to the United Nations.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, who hosted the Pope for three days
during his stay in New York, said this in reference to the address the
Holy Father gave April 18 to the U.N. General Assembly. The archbishop
said the "responsibility to protect" mentioned by the Pontiff could be
the new name for sovereignty, which is "not only a right, but above all
a responsibility to protect and promote the populations in their daily
lives."
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 Monday 21 April 2008
At
Yankee Stadium, transformed into an open-air church 20 April, Pope
Benedict XVI urged more than 57,000 Catholics to "move forward with
firm resolve" in continuing the legacy of faith set in motion by the
country's first Catholics.
"Follow faithfully in the footsteps
of those who have gone before you!" he told the stadium congregation on
a cool, breezy and overcast afternoon.
"Past generations have
left you an impressive legacy," he said, adding that "on these solid
foundations the future of the church in America, must even now begin to
rise."
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 Monday 21 April 2008
Addressing
a crowd of 25,000 young people and seminarians, Pope Benedict XVI spoke
of the "monster" that cast a shadow over his own childhood and urged
the current generation to banish the darkness that exists today.
Speaking
19 April at a boisterous rally on the grounds of the Archdiocese of New
York's seminary in Yonkers, the Pope said that while young people now
enjoy democracy's freedom "the power to destroy does, however, remain."
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 Monday 21 April 2008
In the most sombre moment of his six-day visit to the United
States, Pope Benedict XVI knelt alone at ground zero and offered a
silent prayer.
The cheering crowds were far away as the Pope blessed the ground where
the World Trade Centre stood until terrorists forced planes into its
twin towers 11 September 2001.
While the extraordinary security measures that surrounded the Pope's
entire visit tangibly demonstrated how the attacks changed the United
States, the ground zero visit gave the Pope an opportunity to speak to
and console those whose lives were changed most directly that September
11.
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 Friday 18 April 2008
Celebrating Mass in a Washington baseball stadium, Pope Benedict XVI
urged US Catholics to renew their missionary energy at a time when
American society is at a moral crossroads.
The Pope warned of "signs of a disturbing breakdown in the very
foundations of society" and said people need the church's message of
hope and fidelity to the demands of the Gospel.
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 By John Thavis, Catholic News Service
Pope Benedict XVI held an unscheduled meeting with victims of priestly
sexual abuse, shortly after pledging the church's continued efforts to
help heal the wounds caused by such acts.
The Vatican said the Pope met privately in a chapel at the apostolic
nunciature with "a small group of persons who were sexually abused by
members of the clergy." The group was accompanied by Cardinal Sean P.
O'Malley of Boston, which was the epicenter of the abuse scandal.
"They prayed with the Holy Father, who afterward listened to their
personal accounts and offered them words of encouragement and hope," a
Vatican statement said.
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 Thursday 17 April 2008
By Carrie Gress and Kathleen Naab
Pope
Benedict XVI emerged from the apostolic nuncio's residence in the US
capital yesterday to be greeted by children's voices wishing him a
happy birthday in his native German language.
The Pope thus made
his first public appearance on the first full day of his trip to the
United States, which coincides with his 81st birthday. From the
residence of the nuncio, the Pontiff headed to the White House for an
official reception ceremony.
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 Thursday 17 April 2008
In a meeting at the White House, Pope Benedict XVI and President George
W. Bush discussed the problem of terrorism and how to confront it while
respecting human rights.
The two leaders also expressed their joint concern for the protection
of human life, marriage and the family, according to a statement issued
after a private meeting on 16 April.
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 Wednesday 16 April 2008
Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped to help heal the wounds of priestly sex
abuse during his visit to the United States and promised steps to
ensure that such acts do not happen again.
The pope made his remarks to reporters aboard his chartered Alitalia
jet on 15 April, about an hour after taking off from Rome for his 15-20
April visit to Washington and New York City.
The Pope stood at the front of the coach class of the plane and
answered four questions chosen in advance, touching on topics of
immigration, church-state relations and the United Nations.
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 Wednesday 16 April 2008
Welcomed by US President George W. Bush and an array of church
officials, Pope Benedict XVI began his first pastoral visit to the
United States as pope 15 April.
The papal plane landed under an
almost cloudless sky at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, nearly 10
minutes ahead of schedule. The Pope was to spend the next two days in
Washington before travelling to New York on 18 April.
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 Monday 14 April 2008
Pope Benedict XVI says his
Tuesday-Sunday trip to the United States will be a "missionary
experience," with which he seeks to promote "a time of spiritual
renewal for all Americans."
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 Friday 11 April 2008
Pope Benedict XVI's time of
prayer at Ground Zero will be among "the most emotional and eagerly
awaited moments" of his upcoming trip to the United States, says a
Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, told
journalists that television channels from various continents have
expressed their interest in being present at this moment commemorating
the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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