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Visit Makes Papacy Real for University Students

As the lovely spray-painted CUA’s that have popped up all over campus slowly fade away, so too does the 15 minutes of fame that Catholic has had over Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. But for us students, the pope’s visit to campus will have a more lasting impression. It has now been a week since the campus was lit afire with papal festivities and I would have to say that the thrill of having the pope on campus has not gone away. Every time I see my friends we always wind up talking about the pope. “Hey. . . guess what. . . the pope came Catholic!” I think that we are still in shock that a figure as influential as the pope would choose to come to our little campus. Out of all the Catholic universities across the country... [Read more...]