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Deciphering Benedict: Catholics puzzle over a man of contradictions

When Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Kennedy Airport Friday morning for his whirlwind weekend in New York, he will encounter a flock that has been deeply shaken in the 13 years since the visit of his charismatic, "rock star" predecessor.

Since John Paul II's rain-drenched Central Park Mass in 1995, the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn have been roiled by a faith-testing clerical...

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