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VISIT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI.
The National Right to Life Committee was honored with an invitation to attend the White House ceremonies welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the first day of his visit to the United States on April 16, 2008. As President of National Right Life Committee, I attended the welcome ceremony on the White House lawn and the White House dinner in honor of the Pope that evening.
Other members of the staff and board of the National Right to Life Committee who were at the White House lawn for the welcome ceremony included the Chairman of the Board, The Honorable Geline Williams of Virginia; Margie Montgomery of Kentucky; Co-Executive Director Darla St. Martin of NRLC; and Religious Outreach Director Ernest Ohlhoff. In addition, Barbara Holt, President of North Carolina Right to Life, and Michael Ciccocioppo, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, were also able to attend.
The weather was incredibly beautifulsunny and coolfor the Pope's arrival at the White House. President Bush welcomed the Pope to a trumpet fanfare from the Marine Band at the south entrance to the White House. The special ceremonies included the playing of the national anthem, a 21-gun salute, Kathleen Battle singing The Lord's Prayer, and the Marine band and choir performing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." It was stirring and up-lifting, but also very warm, as the crowd spontaneously sang "Happy Birthday" to the Pope, in addition to the formal singing of "Happy Birthday" at the end of the ceremony, led by Kathleen Battle.
The President welcomed the Pope by stressing how much they had in common and how much he valued the Pope's beliefs, including his appreciation of the inherent dignity of each human person, his recognition of the presence of fundamental truths, and his belief in good and evil. The Pope, in his remarks, stated his admiration for the United States.
The pope praised the fact that from its beginning, America has recognized that a social/political order based on freedom can only succeed if it is linked to a moral order that includes a belief in God the Father. He made specific reference to our Declaration of Independence where the "self-evident truth" states that "all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with inalienable rights."
The Pope repeated the statement made by the late Pope John Paul II that history demonstrates that "in a world ...
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