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a resolution welcoming the Pope until "pro-life" language was removed from it. Yet several notorious, pro-abortion politicians brazenly received communion during the papal visit, though not directly from the Holy Father. One can only hope that they were paying attention at Yankee Stadium where he said : br>

Praying fervently for the coming of the Kingdom also means...overcoming every separation between faith and life, and countering false gospels of freedom and happiness. It also means rejecting a false dichotomy between faith and political life, since, as the Second Vatican Council put it, "there is no human activity -- even in secular affairs -- which can be withdrawn from God's dominion"

br> Unlike his predecessor, John Paul II, who was a trained actor and a brilliant speaker, Pope Benedict's innate sweetness and humility sometimes betray his deep intellectualism and the beauty of words like, "The spires of Saint Patrick's Cathedral are dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline, yet in the heart of this busy metropolis, they are a vivid reminder of the constant yearning of the human spirit to rise to God." p>But like John Paul the Great, he also uttered the words that the American media dread like the plague. For, far from bashing George W. Bush, he echoed to thunderous applause the president's belief that all life is sacred: br> /p>

May you find the courage to proclaim Christ, "the same, yesterday, and today and for ever" and the unchanging truths which have their foundation in him. These are the truths that set us free! They are the truths which alone can guarantee respect for the inalienable dignity and rights of each man, woman and child in our world, including the most defenseless of all human beings, the unborn child in the mother's womb.

br> Lisa Fabrizio is a columnist who hails from Connecticut. You may write her at mailbox@lisafab.com.

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