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NEW YORK (CNS) — Honoring the bicentennial of four U.S. archdioceses, Pope Benedict XVI praised the “solid foundations” of the American Catholic Church and said “the future of the church in America” must continue to build on that “impressive legacy.”

NEW YORK – Here is the text of the prayer Pope Benedict XVI offered during a visit to ground zero in New York April 20.

NEW YORK – In the most somber moment of his six-day visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI knelt alone at ground zero and offered a silent prayer.

NEW YORK – Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Brazil’s representative to the United Nations, said the pope’s April 18 U.N. visit will confirm the resolve of delegations to fulfill the world body’s purposes, “including peace among nations, the respect for human rights and development for all.”

YONKERS, N.Y. – Here is the text of Pope John Paul II’s remarks at the April 19 rally with seminarians and young people at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y.

YONKERS, N.Y. – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks to disabled youths at St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., April 19.

YONKERS, N.Y. – In the most intimate public event of the papal visit so far, Pope Benedict XVI blessed 56 disabled youths and their caregivers in the chapel of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers April 19.

YONKERS, N.Y. – Addressing a crowd of 25,000 young people and seminarians, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the “monster” that cast a shadow over his own childhood and urged the current generation to banish the darkness that exists today.

NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI is not planning any new changes to church law in response to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman.

NEW YORK – Here is the text of remarks by Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York welcoming Pope Benedict XVI before the Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York April 19.

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s homily at a Mass with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York April 19.

WASHINGTON – When Deacon Michael Spurr is ordained to the priesthood June 7, he hopes he can take the example of holiness of Pope Benedict XVI wherever his path of ministry takes him.