Benedict praises U.S. church as visit ends

Monday, April 21, 2008

NEW YORK -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass and American Catholicism in Yankee Stadium on Sunday, telling his massive U.S. flock to use its freedoms wisely as he closed out his first papal trip to the United States.

To continue reading
For more than 115 years, the Southeast Missourian has written the first draft of local history. We have aspired to enrich, entertain, educate and inform. Our core values have remained firm: truth, service, quality, integrity and community. Support our mission.