Word: flocking
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...Robert De Niro and two friends founded the Tribeca festival after Sept. 11 to help revitalize Lower Manhattan. Since then, it has become one of the most anticipated cinematic gatherings of the year by both the A-listers who want to promote their latest films and the moviegoers who flock to watch them. Aimed at supporting new talent, the festival shows independent films side-by-side with big-name blockbusters. There's also a drive-in, a live music lounge and a family street fair, so the fun doesn't end when the lights...
Spanish Speakers Aware that at some point in the next 40 years the majority of his flock in the U.S. is projected to be Hispanic, Benedict threw a few sentences in Spanish into his videotaped message prior to the trip. At his Mass for priests at St. Patrick's at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, the first reading, from the Acts of the Apostles, will be read in Spanish...
...political issues or media angles may be buzzing before take-off, the Vatican tends to stress the pastoral aspect of any papal journey. The six-day itinerary is above all stacked with church services, baseball stadium masses and Catholic institutional encounters to allow the pontiff to tend to his flock, and to the priests and bishops who do the ministering when he's back in Rome...
Benedict's arrival in the U.S. is being seen as a make-or-break moment for Rome to regain the trust of its American flock, the third largest national contingent within a worldwide Catholic Church of 1.1 billion faithful. In recent days, the Vatican has confirmed that on at least one occasion Benedict will specifically address the issue. The Vatican's No. 2 official, Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, told FOX News that the Pope will confront the "open wound" of sex abuse during the April 19 morning mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral for New York-area clergy...
...American flock requires much mending. Kevin O'Toole, a lawyer and devoted churchgoer from Manchester, Vermont, says "there's still a disconnect" in the way top Church officials see the issue. "They still don't get it," he said. "They are trying to do the right thing, but it's still a measured response. And I think the time for being measured is gone." Like others, O'Toole says that senior Church officials, including bishops who transferred known abusive priests to other dioceses, have not taken responsibility for the crimes committed against children...