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Benedict XVI visit. Pope Ends Visit With Yankee Stadium Mass "Before a crowd of nearly 60,000 people at Yankee Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI ended his first visit to the United States as leader of the Roman Catholic Church with a reminder to the faithful that "obedience" to the authority of the church," Flock praises pope as visit ends "Pope Benedict XVI boarded the chartered plane dubbed Shepherd One last night and headed back to the Vatican, concluding a dramatic six-day trip to the United States that introduced him to a wary public and surprised many with his repeated attention to the clergy sexual abuse crisis." 'Build a future of hope' "Pope Benedict XVI ended his first U.S. pilgrimage, completing a mission aimed at renovating and rebuilding the troubled Roman Catholic Church in the United States" At ground zero, a prayer for peace "Eighty feet below street level, surrounded by cranes, backhoes, pipes, and jagged rock, Pope Benedict XVI asked God to "bring peace to our violent world" and clasped the hands of survivors and relatives of those who died here on Sept. 11, 2001." In Speech, Pope Urges Promotion of Human Rights "Benedict XVI, who was a young German prisoner in the war that forged the United Nations, addressed that body Friday as pope, insisting that human rights - more than force or pragmatic politics - must be the basis for ending war and poverty."


Presidential primary. Pa. voters weigh change vs. tradition, Obama vs. Clinton "Pennsylvania has two kinds of Democratic voters: traditionalists