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On Wednesday, October 17, 2007 LILLIAN ARNETTA (nee Hughes) devoted wife of the late Henry Ward Johnson, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Beverly A. Thompson, her son-in-law Henry Thompson, two grandsons Christopher Thompson and Negasi Gerima (Craig), two great-grandsons Jhalen and Jharen Thompson, two brothers Henry and Edward Pope, four sisters, Helen Carter, Ernestine Greene, Gloria Pope and Jean Pope and two sisters-in-law. On Wednesday, friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (Randallstown)

Pope Benedict XVI unveiled yesterday an itinerary for his first trip to the United States that will take him to the White House, the United Nations and Ground Zero in April, giving many Americans an up-close glimpse of the pope. Pope Benedict, who became pontiff in 2005, has not traveled as much as his globe-trotting predecessor, Pope John Paul II, who drew tens of thousands of the faithful at stops around the world. The six-day trip is limited to Washington and New York, and does not include a Baltimore stop that had been sought by Cardinal William H. Keeler, the city's former archbishop.

Pope Benedict XVI has signed a document that would allow more churches to adopt the old Latin Mass that largely faded from use during the 1960s, when the groundbreaking Second Vatican Council opened the door to worship in the local vernacular, Vatican officials say. The revival of the Tridentine Mass has long been promoted by Roman Catholic traditionalists, who say it is more moving, contemplative and historically authentic than the modern Mass....

MEXICO CITY -- The faithful here are eager, and the secular -- especially government officials -- are worried.That's because during John Paul II's fourth papal visit to this most populous Spanish-speaking country this weekend, he is expected to inveigh against economic policies that aren't heedful of their social consequences. His call for Mexicans and others to work for economic and social justice will come in public, perhaps in his meeting tomorrow with President Ernesto Zedillo.The words of the head of the Roman Catholic Church carry weight with many Mexicans, but few observers claim to be sure how they may react.

It was there last week.In fact, the South and Southeast Development Center's neighborhood food distribution center had operated at 13 S. Eden St. since 1983.But by Friday, Oct. 8, it was gone.Irona Pope, the center's coordinator, knows the building was there when she went to her regular job Thursday morning at City Springs Elementary School, just around the corner.But late that night, she got a telephone call from one of the center's clients. "She said, `Your building's been knocked down.

Green Bay receiver Antonio Freeman suffered a hairline jaw fracture last month that briefly had him drinking his dinners through a straw.Today, he could be feasting on the 49ers.Freeman picked San Francisco apart Nov. 1, blowing past right cornerback Marquez Pope to score on an 80-yard reception on the first play, then torching Pope again with a 62-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Freeman, a Baltimore native who played at Poly, caught seven passes for a career-high 193 yards in the Packers' 36-22 victory.

In their first statement in 19 years focusing exclusively on opposing the death penalty, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops issued a call yesterday to "all people of good will, and especially Catholics," to work to end capital punishment.The statement -- timed to coincide with Good Friday observances and also calling for compassion for crime victims -- reflects a growing concern about capital punishment among the bishops, as well as the continuing impact of Pope John Paul II's denunciation of the death penalty during his visit to St. Louis in January.

For years I wondered what ever happened to the dark meat of the chicken. None of the restaurants I patronized had it on the menu, I'd noticed. Somebody told me it was being sent to feed the starving Russians. As I said, I worried about this for years. Then one day it all came clear to me after I had lunch with the pope.This is no joke. I did have lunch with the pope, as surely as I flew to Europe once on the Concorde. Understand, I'm not relating these experiences to exhibit the deep texture of my life, or for any other self-promoting purpose.

Catholicos Garegin I, 66, leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, died yesterday in Echmiadzin, Armenia, of larynx cancer, three days before a planned meeting with an envoy sent by Pope John Paul II. Earlier this summer, the Armenian church canceled a trip by Pope John Paul II to Armenia because of Catholicos' failing health. The Vatican had scheduled a July 2-4 papal visit to Armenia as part of John Paul's efforts to improve relations with other Christian denominations.Pub Date: 6/30/99

Green Bay receiver Antonio Freeman suffered a hairline jaw fracture last month that briefly had him drinking his dinners through a straw.Today, he could be feasting on the 49ers.Freeman picked San Francisco apart Nov. 1, blowing past right cornerback Marquez Pope to score on an 80-yard reception on the first play, then torching Pope again with a 62-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Freeman, a Baltimore native who played at Poly, caught seven passes for a career-high 193 yards in the Packers' 36-22 victory.

Irona Pope, a street-savvy community activist who defended East Baltimore schoolchildren, died of a blood infection Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Lakeside resident was 69. Born Irona Elizabeth Lee in Baltimore, she was raised in the old Fort Holabird and Lafayette Court public housing developments and was a 1958 Dunbar High School graduate. She earned an associate's degree from Baltimore City Community College and a bachelor's degree from Sojourner-Douglass College. When her children were attending public school in the 1960s, she volunteered as a cafeteria aide.

On July 7, 2009, IRONA E. POPE of Carter Avenue. On Tuesday, friends may call at Huber Memorial Church, 5701 York Road, from 6 to 8 PM. On Wednesday, Mrs. Pope will lie in state in above church, family hour 9:30 AM and Celebration 10 AM. Service entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A. www.haripclosefunerals.com

Sometimes faith is not enough. Last Sunday in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI stood in the warm Basilica of St. Paul and announced that scientists had conducted carbon-dating tests on bone fragments found in what has long been believed to be the sarcophagus of the Apostle Paul. According to Pope Benedict, "This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul." Thank God. I feel better already. Why do we insist on this stuff? If it's "unanimous and uncontested," what's the point?

ROME - Pope Benedict XVI called for peace in the Middle East, Darfur and Zimbabwe and stability in other war-torn lands in a particularly politically pointed Christmas greeting to the city and the world. Delivering his annual "Urbi et Orbi" message from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, he also spoke to the fears of people suffering in the financial crisis. "Wherever an increasingly uncertain future is regarded with apprehension, even in affluent nations: in each of these places may the light of Christmas shine forth and encourage all people to do their part in a spirit of authentic solidarity," the pope said.

One Bond about another: He's 'marvelous' as 007 Roger Moore told reporters in Hong Kong on Thursday that Daniel Craig is "marvelous" as James Bond because he brings a fresh dimension to the character. Moore, 81, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and the 1980s, said Craig's performances in Steven Spielberg's 2005 political thriller Munich and Sylvia in 2003 helped shape a new Bond. Moore, speaking at an event in Hong Kong to promote his autobiography My Word Is My Bond, said he had yet to see Craig in Quantum of Solace.

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien will receive his pallium at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican tomorrow, a capstone event marking his connection to the Catholic hierarchy and to the church worldwide. More than 100 Marylanders have traveled to Rome to attend the Mass tomorrow, where Pope Benedict XVI will confer the woolen stole to O'Brien and 42 other archbishops who were appointed after June 2007. "It's a great symbol, a reminder for any Catholic of the part we all share in this historic church of ours, and the continuity of the church," O'Brien, 69, said in a telephone interview from Italy.

On April 17, my alarm clock awakened me at 2 a.m. so I could drive to a Washington hotel, where I would catch an early media bus to the new Nationals Park and prepare for coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's Mass later that morning. Groggy, I pulled myself out of bed, downed two cups of coffee already brewed from the automatic coffee maker and headed to D.C., stopping only to pick up fellow photographer Amy Davis. At the Westin Hotel, we boarded buses along with other members of the news media and were taken to the stadium, where we were greeted by an army of Secret Service agents.

There were plenty of doubting Thomases who suspected that Pope Benedict XVI would steer clear of any meaningful discussion of the clergy sexual abuse scandal during his first visit to America. But the 81-year-old pontiff proved them wrong. His gradual but repeated references to the despicable actions of priests who sexually abused the church's most vulnerable members have resonated through the ranks of the American church, from parishioners to pastors to prelates. His candor about the problem and the compassion shown to victims must be viewed as a concerted effort to convince American Catholics that he won't tolerate such criminal behavior.

This was supposed to be an introduction. On his first papal visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI would celebrate a few Masses, give a speech at the United Nations, and let a nation that knew him by his reputation as the church's doctrinal enforcer experience his softer, warmer, more welcoming side. Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, plans changed. Shepherd One hadn't yet touched down at Andrews Air Force Base when Pope Benedict made his first comments on the sex abuse crisis that has shaken the Roman Catholic Church in America.

NEW YORK -- Admirers saw an unusually personal side of Pope Benedict XVI yesterday when he ad-libbed a reference to his faults and sins and later spoke of the "sinister" Nazi regime that was the backdrop of his youth. Both passages uttered by the pope were remarkable in their frankness and came as the German-born theologian observed the third anniversary of his election as pontiff. On the penultimate day of his six-day pilgrimage to the United States, Pope Benedict presided over Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan and exhorted members of a depleted priesthood to overcome hurtful divisions and act "as beacons of light" in the service of the church.