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Pope begins Mid-East pilgrimage

Pope Benedict arrives in Jordan later on Friday for the first leg of what he has described as a "pilgrimage" to the Middle East. Ref. Source 7

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I hope that the catholic church can have a role in the peace process of the middle east. I know he will have a uphill battle to face for the insults he stated three years ago.

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Pope Benedict starts Israel visit

Pope Benedict XVI, on a Middle East tour, arrives in Israel amid simmering tensions between the Vatican and the Jewish state. Ref. Source 9

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Pope Benedict XVI's New Encyclical: Social Political Issues Tied to Pro-Life Ethic

The Vatican (LifeNews.com) -- Pope Benedict XVI has released a new encyclical Caritas in veritate (Love in Truth), that says the numerous social political issues are all tied to the pro-life ethic. The leader of the Catholic Church made it clear that human life must be protected from conception on and that the pro-life perspective can't be compromised in pursuit of common ground on other political issues. Although the new paper doesn't mention pro-abortion President Barack Obama, some observers are seeing it as an indirect statement in response to his disingenuous pursuit of common ground on the abortion issue. Pope Benedict says "one of the most striking aspects of development in the present day is the important question of respect for life, which cannot in any way be detached from questions concerning the development of peoples." The pro-life perspective obligates people to "broaden our concept of poverty and underdevelopment to include questions connected with the acceptance of life, especially in cases where it is impeded in a variety of ways." He is upset that 'some parts of the world still experience practices of demographic control, on the part of governments that often promote contraception and even go so far as to impose abortion." "In economically developed countries legislation contrary to life is very widespread, and it has already shaped moral attitudes and praxis, contributing to the spread of an anti-birth mentality; frequent attempts are made to export this mentality to other States as if it were a form of cultural progress. Ref. Source 1

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Pope Falls

The Pope Undergoes Surgery After Breaking His Wrist in a Fall, the Vatican Confirms [7:34 a.m. ET] Ref. ABC News

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One thing I always meant to ask. If the Pope has like this power why can't he heal himself?

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While the pope has the power to rule the Catholic church he is still human. He can suffer with sickness and injury just like any other man. It is just as pope he is considered closest to god. I do not think that god is going to give him a break just because he is the pope.

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Yeah but didn't the disciples of Jesus have the power to heal and make peope walk and stuff?