DANIEL SOÑÉ | FC WASHINGTON | Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowds gathered for his first motorcade April 16. Later in the day, the pope met with the U. S. Bishops. Afterward, Bishop Thomas Wenski told the Florida Catholic that the speech was very prayerful, and appropriate in the context of the Catholic Church in the United States at this time. Read additional comments on the meeting from Bishop Wenski in “State’s bishops gather in D.C. with pope.”
Members of various faiths, from Baha’i through Sikh, will join together for an Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace during the Diocese of Orlando’s Festival of Faith May 10.