Pope Benedict makes speech to UN
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has begun a speech to the United Nations in New York on the final leg of his six-day U.S. tour.
Friday, 18.04.2008.
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has begun a speech to the United Nations in New York on the final leg of his six-day U.S. tour. He is expected to stress the importance of human rights and talk about how the world's bottom billion, its poorest people, should not be forgotten. Pope Benedict makes speech to UN His agenda before returning to Rome includes visiting Ground Zero and a synagogue, and Mass at Yankee Stadium. On Thursday he celebrated open-air Mass in Washington before 40,000 people. After arriving at New York's JFK Airport from the capital, he flew to the UN building by helicopter and was met by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Benedict XVI is the third pope to address the UN, the BBC reports from New York. Security is tight at the building. Police have blocked off the surrounding area, just as they do when world leaders are in town. Tickets for the Pope's speech were highly sought after, our correspondent says - each country got six seats, and there was stiff competition for them. Celebrating Mass at the Nationals stadium in the U.S. capital on Thursday, the Pope spoke of the sexual abuse of children by U.S. Catholic clergy before talking privately to a group of people who had been abused by priests. The Pope told the victims he would pray for them and their families. He spent 25 minutes in individual meetings with half a dozen victims, some of whom were in tears during the encounters, a spokesman said. During the open-air Mass, the pontiff said: "No words of mine can describe the pain and the harm inflicted by the sexual abuse of minors. Efforts to protect children must continue, he said. The BBC's David Willey, who is traveling with the Pope during his visit, says that for the third time in as many days, the pontiff has done what many Catholics have been asking for years. He has condemned and publicly accepted full responsibility for the crimes of sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests in the U.S. On Wednesday, the pontiff met President George W Bush at the White House.
Pope Benedict makes speech to UN
His agenda before returning to Rome includes visiting Ground Zero and a synagogue, and Mass at Yankee Stadium.On Thursday he celebrated open-air Mass in Washington before 40,000 people.
After arriving at New York's JFK Airport from the capital, he flew to the UN building by helicopter and was met by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Benedict XVI is the third pope to address the UN, the BBC reports from New York.
Security is tight at the building. Police have blocked off the surrounding area, just as they do when world leaders are in town.
Tickets for the Pope's speech were highly sought after, our correspondent says - each country got six seats, and there was stiff competition for them.
Celebrating Mass at the Nationals stadium in the U.S. capital on Thursday, the Pope spoke of the sexual abuse of children by U.S. Catholic clergy before talking privately to a group of people who had been abused by priests.
The Pope told the victims he would pray for them and their families.
He spent 25 minutes in individual meetings with half a dozen victims, some of whom were in tears during the encounters, a spokesman said.
During the open-air Mass, the pontiff said: "No words of mine can describe the pain and the harm inflicted by the sexual abuse of minors.
Efforts to protect children must continue, he said.
The BBC's David Willey, who is traveling with the Pope during his visit, says that for the third time in as many days, the pontiff has done what many Catholics have been asking for years.
He has condemned and publicly accepted full responsibility for the crimes of sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests in the U.S.
On Wednesday, the pontiff met President George W Bush at the White House.
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