From Russell Shaw...

This morning on CatholicExchange :

Over lunch a couple of weeks ago after a trip to Rome, I was telling a friend that — as others have remarked — Pope Benedict in person visibly radiates serenity and joy. My friend, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, thought about that for a moment and then said, "I guess that's what you'd expect a Christian to do, isn't it?"

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