Pope To Discuss Iraq, Immigration With Bush
Posted on 16 April 2008 by nuestrav
Pope Benedict XVI was expected Wednesday to raise thorny topics such as the Iraq war and Hispanic immigration in talks with President George W. Bush on the second day of his US visit.
On the flight from Rome to Washington on Tuesday, Benedict broached the most sensitive issue surrounding his trip when he told reporters he felt “deeply ashamed” by the child abuse scandal that has rocked the US Catholic church, and would “do everything possible to heal this wound”.
He also vowed to raise the issue of immigration when he holds one-on-one talks with Bush at the White House on Wednesday, in his first trip to the United States since becoming leader of the world’s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics in 2005.
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