April 17
St. Benedict Joseph Labre (France, 1748-1783)
Confessor
OR today.
Page 1 has a brief story about the Pope's birthday yesterday.
All the other stories are secular: Time for new dialog between
Russia and the US; the courage of the kabul women who demonstrated
against a new Afghan law sanctioning forced sex with husbands;
Obama asks Israel to clarify its commitment to peace; and about
the summit of the Americas this weekend in Trinidad-Tobago.
No events scheduled for the Holy Father today.
Tomorrow, he meets representatives of the Franciscan community
on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the founding of
the order by St. Francis of Assisi.