Don’t plan on cruising around Yonkers on April 19
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It’s official: Pope Benedict XVI is stopping in Yonkers.
The rest of the media, I realize, are emphasizing his “planned visits”:http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS05/711120374 to Ground Zero, to St. Patrick’s, to Yankee Stadium, to the U.N.
All of that is important, of course. I’ll be there. But St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers is our backyard  and the pope himself will be there on April 19.
The papal visit, on the whole, should be something to behold. Pope John Paul II came to the U.S. first as an unknown, as a mysterious Polish fellow. Then he returned years later as a superstar, a pope like none before him.
Benedict is well known to all…as Cardinal Ratzinger. But I think there will be tremendous curiosity about how he will present himself to America as the pope.
Anyway, get ready for five months of build-up. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Catholic Church in the U.S. but forgot to ask.
Our blogs, by the way, have been down all day (until now). Let’s hope they stay healthy for a while.
More thoughts on the pope later. I’ll be on RNN’s NewsCenter now at 5:30 or so.
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on Monday, November 12th, 2007 at 5:10 pm by Gary Stern.
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
Our church needs and deserves the flow of positive publicity which shall come from the Pope’s visit.