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Pope Benedict XVI will in a few days be coming to the United States of America. The advanced billing he is getting promises that his every word and action will be scrutinized from every possible direction. What signals will you be looking for and what message do you hope for?

I am hoping that he will come across as the Pope of "green religion", emphasizing universal moral obligations of all to the God/ Land/ Human Covenant. As to Church discipline, etc, I will be watching to see if he comes across as a "conciliarist" pope, open to Church collegiality, or if he will continue in the ancient precedent of Vatican "infallibilism".