A paragraph from "Whispers in the Loggia" with news that has not hit the Post or the Times: Pope Benedict is coming to town. His first Papal American tour: April 15-20, 2008. Can you not hear him saying, "Archbishop Wuerl [or maybe Cardinal by that time] how wonderful to be with you in Washington."l
Touching down in Washington, where the professor-Pope is said to be especially eager to see the campus of the Catholic University of America, Benedict will grant the trip's first hosting honors to another of his highly favored ones -- his most-prominent US appointee yet, Archbishop Donald Wuerl. Beyond the requisite meeting with President Bush at the White House and the other formalities of a head of state paying an official visit to the capital, a Mass on the National Mall is reportedly in the early plans.
To read the full story about the early planning for the Papal trip, you should link on the Whispers. The Pope's schedule seems to include New York City, Boston, Baltimore and Washington. How would you like to visit those cities in six days?
