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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.

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks during his visit to Park East Synagogue in New York April 18.

NEW YORK – Christian leaders who gathered April 18 for an ecumenical prayer service with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Joseph’s Church in New York gave credit to the pope for joining 300 of them under one roof.

NEW YORK – Describing himself as “the poor successor of St. Peter,” Pope Benedict XVI thanked Americans for their prayers and love on the third anniversary of his election.

NEW YORK – On Fridays and Saturdays, Daryl Henricksen, a Protestant, sings a cappella, in Hebrew, at the historic Park East Synagogue in New York. On Saturday evenings and Sundays, he’s a member of the mixed adult choir and the cantor for four Masses at Resurrection Catholic Church in Rye, N.Y.

NEW YORK – For the first time, representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated in a papal prayer service – and it all started over coffee.

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks at the ecumenical prayer service at St. Joseph’s Church in New York April 18.

NEW YORK – Celebrating Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Benedict XVI urged the Catholic Church in the United States to move past divisions and scandal toward a “new sense of unity and purpose.”

NEW YORK – In a brief, movingly simple visit to a New York synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his respect for the city’s Jewish community and encouraged the building of “bridges of friendship” between religions.