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What did Benedict write to Obama?

Francis X. Rocca

I figure it was about abortion.

Think about it. The pope sends the president-elect a congratulatory telegram, but the Vatican reveals only two partial sentences, saying the rest is “personal.”

Considering that the two are not old buddies, that suggests substantive-sensitive-content.


And what could be of greater import, from the pope’s point of view, than the Catholic Church’s biggest policy difference with the rising Obama administration?

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