(RNS) Nearly lost amid ongoing reports about the Vatican leaks scandal, Rome's battle with American nuns, the American bishops' battle for religious freedom, and the priest on trial in Philadelphia, was the news that, by the way, Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit Philadelphia.
Benedict made the announcement at the end of his visit to Milan on Sunday (June 3) for the church's triennial World Meeting of Families. The next meeting would be in Philadelphia in 2015, he said, and he planned to be there, "God willing."
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