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Kennedy to Pope: Pray for Me

Senator wrote letter delivered by Obama

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 30, 2009 10:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – In the months before he died, Ted Kennedy penned a letter to Pope Benedict beseeching the pontiff's prayers—and enlisted no less a messenger than the leader of the free world to deliver it, reports CNN. “I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me as my own health declines,” Kennedy wrote in the letter Barack Obama hand-delivered in July. “I know that I have been an imperfect human being, but with the help of my faith I have tried to right my path.”

The senator highlighted his efforts in the Senate and his deep commitment to his faith. “I want you to know, Your Holiness, that in my nearly 50 years of elective office, I have done my best to champion the rights of the poor and open doors of economic opportunity,” he wrote in the letter, read at his burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The Vatican responded, saying the pope “prays that in the days ahead, you may be sustained in faith and hope.”

President Barack Obama meets Pope Benedict XVI, Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Vatican.
President Barack Obama meets Pope Benedict XVI, Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Vatican.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Sen Ted Kennedy leaves Massachusetts General Hospital with his son, US  Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and wife, Vicki Kennedy, last year.
Sen Ted Kennedy leaves Massachusetts General Hospital with his son, US Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and wife, Vicki Kennedy, last year.   (Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus prayer from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, last week.
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus prayer from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, last week.   (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Robert_Dada
Aug 31, 2009 1:58 AM CDT
You are so pathetically insipid rightthing.
doingtherightthing
Aug 31, 2009 1:40 AM CDT
for the rest of you none bible thumpers. You have eyes to see, but you don't see; you have ears to hear, but you don't hear. Listen up: Teddy and Mary Jo saga has not ended. Teddy will be judged by God for his actions on that day.......Teddy went to his grave knowing the truth at what happened. God knows the truth as well. God will judge it accordingly.......(at judgement day).....calling me moron doesn't insult me, it just shows me your ignorance in the word of God............
doingtherightthing
Aug 31, 2009 1:25 AM CDT
God has judged no one yet except satan. Thats what I'm saying. God will judge all; that includes you Dada the atheist you'll bow a knee when Christ returns..............hide'n'watch.........your first lesson....

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