"Wax Museum" Gloria
No, Gloria's not joining the ranks at Madame Tussaud's! She was the subject of a history project in which 11-year old Ashley from Arizona portrayed Gloria in her school's "Wax Museum". She researched Gloria, created a presentation about Gloria, dressed like Gloria, and when a button was pressed to "activate" her, she even talked like Gloria! We think Ashley did a really great job so we wanted to share some photos of her work!
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When the Vatican was told.
WASHINGTON AP — The leader of the worlds 1 billion Roman Catholics has been to the White House only once in history. That changes this week, and President Bush is pulling out all the stops: driving out to a suburban military base to meet Pope Benedict XVIs plane, bringing a giant audience to the South Lawn and hosting a fancy East Room dinner.
These are all firsts.
Bush has never before given a visiting leader the honor of picking him up at the airport. In fact, no president has done so at Andrews Air Force Base, the typical landing spot for modern leaders.
A crowd is due at the White House on Wednesday morning for the popes official, pomp-filled arrival ceremony. The will feature the U.S. and Holy See anthems. Both men will make comments before their Oval Office meeting and a send-off for his popemobile down Pennsylvania Avenue.
The White House crowd will be the largest of Bush's presidency. It even beats the audience last spring for Queen Elizabeth II, which numbered about 7,000.
The evening festivities will cenclude the first time the Bushes have put on a high-profile meal in honor of someone who isn't even a guest. Wednesday is the pontiffs birthday, and the menu celebrates his German heritage with Bavarian-style food.
But Benedicts prayer service that evening with U.S. bishops at a famed Washington basilica preclude him from coming to the dinner, according to the White House.
Man of faith, not politician, honored
The president explained the special treatment — particularly the airport greeting.
"One, he speaks for millions. Two, he doesnt come as a politician; he comes as a man of faith," Bush told the in an interview aired Friday. He added that he wanted Benedicts conviction that "theres right and wrong in life, that moral relativism has a danger of undermining the capacity to have more hopeful and free societies."
The Bush-Benedict get-together will be the 25th meeting between a pope and a sitting president.
The first did not come until shortly after the end of World WarI, when Woodrow Wilson was received at the Vatican by Pope.
When the government of Israel told.
visits us military base April fourteenth, twothosandandfour, Israel's ariel sharon met in the White House, in Washington, DC.