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The Pope and the President

George Bush is certainly not the first American president to try and take advantage of a timely papal meeting to advance himself and his agenda.

Pope Benedict XVI, who arrives today for a high-profile visit to the United States, took his name from Pope Benedict XV, who consulted with Woodrow Wilson when the 28th president was touring Europe with the purpose of promoting a League of Nations.

Bush has no such grand design.