http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/ tag:newsweek.washingtonpost.com,2008:/onfaith/benedict//578 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:38:06 -0500 A blog that offers perspective, insight and Catholic religious context to Pope Benedict XVI's 2008 visit to the United States by EWTN's Raymond Arroyo for On Faith. http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_the_us_bishops_con.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_the_us_bishops_con.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:38:06 -0500 While recognizing the importance of national bishop’s conferences, Benedict worries that these organizations dull or mute the individual voice of bishops. Raymond Arroyo Catholic http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_the_sexual_abuse_c.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_the_sexual_abuse_c.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:31:37 -0500 By clarifying Catholic teaching, Benedict believes he can internally protect the Church against future scandals and refortify it. Raymond Arroyo Catholic http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_marriage_and_sexua.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/benedict_on_marriage_and_sexua.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:37:43 -0500 Expect Benedict to highlight the importance of families during his US visit. Here's what he had to say on marriage and sexuality before becoming pope, as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Raymond Arroyo Catholic http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/about_benedict_beyond_the_head.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/benedict/2008/04/about_benedict_beyond_the_head.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:37:36 -0500 Most of us who are interested in the Pope Benedict's US visit aren't immersed 24/7 in the culture, politics, history and theology of the Roman Catholic Church and its interaction with the surrounding culture. This blog is here to help. Raymond Arroyo Catholic