"Pope Benedict is a teacher, not a showman. And like a teacher, often you have to rely on his eyes to convey his innermost thoughts."

I'm not a follower of the Pope, and I haven't been following the Pope, but I'm incredibly glad to see our old blogfriend vbspurs — AKA "Cheers, Victoria" — live-blogging Pope Benedict's trip to New York. Without her, I would not have known that Kelly Clarkson sang "Ave Maria" to him in Yonkers.

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