July 17
St. Francis Solano (b. Spain 1549, d. Peru 1610)
Franciscan missionary
'Wonder Worker of the New World
OR today.
The only papal story in this issue is Italian President Napolitano;s letter to the Holy Father about his
third encyclical (full letter translated on this page yesterday) and the announcements of new nominations
and retirements yesterday. Search me why the OR should consider a routine Hillary Clinton speech to
foreign policy wonks significant enough to merit their main headline and a picture larger than the Pope's -
she reiterated the US offer to negotiate with Iran over the nuclear arms program but says the window
of opportunity cannot be kept open infinitely; China reports a 7.9% increase in its GDP for the second
quarter of 2009, more than the 7,5% anticipated - and probably the only world economy that has grown
during this recession; and Israeli says it has successfully tested a defense system called 'Iron Dome'
against short-range missiles like those Hamas uses against Israeli towns.
THE POPE ON VACATION - DAY 5
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