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...envy and anger--which among them could account for virtually all the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Anger gives rise to violence; gluttony to waste; pride to every manner of tragedy and hurt. They were judged sufficient for the past 15 centuries, ever since they were cataloged by Pope Gregory the Great, with an assist from Thomas Aquinas and Dante...
While arranging the itinerary will be complex enough, there is also the matter of dealing with the Pontiff's philosophical fascination with America. Glendon said the Pope is "intrigued" by the U.S. model for managing the church-state divide, which contrasts with the contemporary European tendency to avoid public professions of faith. "We are a nation that has traditionally valued the role of faith in sustaining the democratic experiment," she said. "Culture comes before politics... and religion is at the heart of culture." Though the Vatican was staunchly opposed to the war in Iraq, Glendon arrives largely after the fact...
Staunchly pro-life, Glendon was the first woman to lead a Vatican delegation to a major U.N. conference after Pope John Paul II appointed her head of the Vatican delegation to the 1995 U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing. The Church's stance on reproductive policy has been criticized for its absolute ban on condoms, even in its missionary work with AIDS victims. The mother of three insists that she's a committed feminist, "If you let me define the term." She says she is focused on issues that are "of particular interest to women and that wouldn...
President Bush's choice of the 69-year-old registered independent as his top envoy at Catholic Church headquarters - following a pair of prominent Republican fund raisers in the post - is a clear nod to the cerebral leanings of the man in charge of the Holy See. Pope Benedict XVI's nearly three-year reign has been marked by his intellectual explorations and probing writings about how a timeless faith intersects with contemporary life...
...policy. One example was Benedict's provocative 2006 discourse about religion and violence in Regensberg, Germany, which initially angered many Muslims but has also helped recast the worldwide "Clash of Civilizations" debate. "One of his central preoccupations has always been about reconciling faith and reason," Glendon said of the Pope. "He wants to know how religions can come to terms with the enlightenment...