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Pope Hails Easter Conversions

Benedict XVI demands end to conflicts in Tibet, Middle East

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Mar 23, 2008 1:27 PM CDT

(Newser) – Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Mass today, hailing the miracle of conversion, "which renews itself even today" before a rain-soaked crowd in St. Peter's Square and calling for an end to hostilities in "Darfur and Somalia, the tormented Middle East, especially the Holy...   Read full story »

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