Overview
The Pope was touring America past week. In his first visit to the US, Pope Benedict XVI went on a five day tour of New York City and Washington D.C. During the tour he met with President Bush, held mass at Yankee stadium, visited Ground Zero and blessed countless passersby. The trip was toured as an attempt to connect with an American population that was losing trust in Catholicism and especially the new Pope. However, since it’s not every day that the leader of a major world religion comes to town, let’s talk about what it means for the US, for the Catholic Church, and for the Benedict himself.