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JERUSALEM – In a visit to one of Islam’s holiest places, Pope Benedict XVI said Christians, Muslims and Jews have a “grave responsibility” to expand dialogue and mend divisions. “Those who honor the one God believe that he will hold human beings accountable for their actions,” the pope told Muslim leaders May 12 in Jerusalem.

At Western Wall, meeting with rabbis, pope prays for peace

JERUSALEM – Taking a piece of paper, firmly folding it in four and pushing it deep into a crevice of Jerusalem’s Western Wall, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace in the Holy Land and respect among believers from every faith.

State handwriting champ comes from St. Thomas Aquinas

Each night, Dorothy Geathers sits down with her twin granddaughters, Candace and Claudaya Hood-Bey, and diligently watches them do their homework.

Visitation Academy staying put

Visitation Academy in Frederick is staying put.

Visiting Holocaust memorial, pope says hatred must never reign again

JERUSALEM – On his first day in Jerusalem, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and said the suffering of Jews under the Nazi extermination campaign must “never be denied, belittled or forgotten.”

Pope condemns anti-Semitism, prays for interreligious harmony

JERUSALEM – Reaching Israel, the country at the heart of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI condemned anti-Semitism and prayed for a new era in which all believers in the one God would live in peace and treat each other with respect and justice.

In Jordan, pope boosts Christian minority, builds bridges to Muslims

AMMAN, Jordan – Walking a pilgrim’s path in Jordan, Pope Benedict XVI energized its minority Christian population and built bridges to the moderate Muslim world.

Pay closer attention to example of Jesus

In his book, “Jesus before Christianity,” Father Albert Nolan, currently provincial for the South African Province of the Dominicans, says that “there is no mistaking the two quite different ways in which power and authority are understood and exercised. It is the difference between domination and service.”

Why did Bush have blessing?

I’m a Catholic and I believe that abortion is a horrible crime, but I have to agree with our critics, who say that when it comes to the sacredness of life, it seems that for Catholics, the only lives that matter are the ones of the unborn babies.

Notre Dame invitation a breath of fresh air

Mary Ann Glendon’s refusal to accept the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame (CR, April 30) does not square with her former position as ambassador to the Vatican, where diplomacy usually trumps ideology. She is however, entitled to follow the dictates of her conscience.

Notre Dame president called to task

The following excerpts are from a letter that was sent to Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame:

Pope says suffering reveals humanity can change people for the better