Day: April 18, 2008

In the Washington Post – For Crowd, Miraculous Moments – washingtonpost.com The crowd that mobbed Nationals Park to see, or just be near, Pope Benedict XVI yesterday was a joyous, kaleidoscopic tableau of Catholics and non-Catholics from across the country who said they were drawn by faith, hope and a sense of the history of … Read more

Avery Dulles is the son of former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. He graduated from Harvard in 1940, the same year he converted from agnosticism to Catholicism. He joined the Jesuits in 1946 and was ordained a priest in 1956. A fine theologian and prolific writer, he was named a Cardinal in 2001 by … Read more