Pope Benedict Arrives
April 16, 2008
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI landed in the United States this afternoon for the first time.
An interesting fact is that it was the very first time the President of the United States has ever greeted anyone as the came off the plane. Usually that job is handed down to the Vice President or lower.
President Bush along with his wife and daughter Jenna, met Pope Benedict XVI and extended their hands to welcome his Holiness. Typically, if a Catholic were to meet the Pope, one would kneel before him and kiss his ring on his right hand.
As we can tell from many of President Bush’s abuse of executive power and the continuation of an “unjust” war, the Bush family is not Catholic.
It will be very interesting to see, (if any) how Pope Benedict’s visit will influence the future of our country, that seems to be in a downward spiral into an economic disaster, while the majority of the country continues to put their weekly purchases at Wal*Mart on credit.
Little do they know the sky is falling.
Hopefully, Pope Benedict will be a powerful leader for this country that is desperate for a reassurance that everything is going to be alright.
