Excerpts from Kennedy's letter to Pope Benedict XVI
Shortly before he died from Brain Cancer, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. President Obama delivered the letter to the pontiff during his visit to the Vatican in July.

As night fell, burial - and revelation
As darkness fell and Kennedy family members and friends gathered around, Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s personal appeal to The Pope was read aloud at his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, reflecting a sense of humanity, humility, and enduring faith.

Excerpts from Kennedy's letter to Pope Benedict XVI
Shortly before he died from Brain Cancer, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. President Obama delivered the letter to the pontiff during his visit to the Vatican in July.

Ted Kennedy to Pope Benedict: 'I am writing with deep humility...': PHOTO
As if Ted Kennedy didn't have enough Catholic mojo going his way after today's funeral mass in Boston, the burial at Arlington this evening held another surprise: The contents of a moving exchange of letters between Kennedy and Pope Benedict XVI -- correspondence that touched on Kennedy's deep faith as well as public policy battles including Abortion and universal Health Care. It was known that Kennedy had written a personal letter to the pontiff, and had President Obama carry it to The Pope...

EXCERPTS Released From Kennedy's Letter to Pope Benedict & His Response
The Associated Press released excerpts from Senator Kennedy's letter to Pope Benedict and Pope Benedict's response to the Far Left pro-Abortion senator. Please note: This AP release only includes excerpts and is not the full correspondence: Excerpts of the letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that President Barack Obama delivered to Pope Benedict XVI earlier this year and an account of The Pope's response, as read by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington: "Most Holy...

Excerpts of Kennedy letter to pope and response - Yahoo! News
Excerpts of the letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that President Barack Obama delivered to Pope Benedict XVI earlier this year and an account of The Pope's response, as read by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington: "Most Holy Father I asked President Obama to personally hand deliver this letter to you. As a man of deep faith himself, he understands how important my Roman Catholic faith is to me, and I am so deeply grateful to him. I hope this letter finds you in...

Kennedy Asked Pope For Prayers
(CNN) -- Shortly before he died from Brain Cancer, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. President Obama delivered the letter to the pontiff during his visit to the Vatican in July. The following are excerpts from the letter as read by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at Kennedy's private burial service Saturday in Arlington National Cemetery: "Most Holy Father, I asked President Obama to personally hand-deliver this letter to you. As a man of deep faith himself, he understands how...

Analysis: For Obama, the summer vacation is over - Yahoo! News
Washington – President Barack Obama confronts a tortuous September — and it's not just the divisive political fight over Health Care. Back from his first presidential vacation, a break truncated by the death and remembrance of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and the nomination of the Federal Reserve chief to a new term, Obama settles back into the Oval Office well aware his approval ratings have fallen. He now must spend heavily from that shrinking fund of political capital — with a...

Analysis: Summer vacation is over Obama - Yahoo! News
Washington – President Barack Obama confronts a tortuous September — and it's not just the divisive political fight over Health Care. Back from his first presidential vacation, a break truncated by the death and remembrance of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and the nomination of the Federal Reserve chief to a new term, Obama settles back into the Oval Office well aware his approval ratings have fallen. He now must spend heavily from that shrinking fund of political capital — with a...

ANDY HOARDED 'MOON' MUSIC
August 30, 2009 -- Andy Warhol never threw anything away. Rooting around in the artist's detritus, curators at Pittsburgh's Warhol Museum discovered tapes The Pope of Pop made on a portable cassette recorder while sitting in the audience of "Man on the Moon," the short-lived Broadway musical Warhol produced with Richard Turley in 1975. The outer-space extravaganza, written by the Mamas & the Papas' John Phillips, starred Monique van Vooren , Phillips' then-wife...

Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery
BOSTON (USA Today/AP) - Sen. Edward Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside his slain brothers at Arlington National Cemetery, as Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick read words Kennedy had penned to Pope Benedict XVI. Kennedy wrote in the letter, "I want you to know, Your Holiness, that in my nearly 50 years of elective office, I have done my best to champion the rights of the poor and open doors of economic opportunity. I've worked to welcome the immigrant, fight discrimination and expand...

Kennedy laid to rest in Arlington cemetery
Shortly before his death, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI asking for the pontiff to pray for him as he struggled with an aggressive form of Brain Cancer, it was revealed at his graveside service Saturday evening.

The Pope vs. American Nuns
American nuns have slipped the leash. The Vatican is trying to round them up and rein 'em in. Good luck!

Daryl Hannah Has Some Really Awesome Genes: PHOTO
Yeah right, and I’m The Pope. Here are some photos of direct-to-DVD princess Daryl Hannah that show her evolution in beauty cosmetic surgery. The first photo was taken in March 2009, the second in April 2009, and the last photo was taken just last night in New York City. I need to get the number of her plastic surgeon beautician, she looks great! Can you believe these photos are in the correct order? It’s like she went backwards in time like Benjamin Button. source: The Many Faces...

Hot Slut Of The Day!
Pricbutto - Pricbutto (who kind of looks like Owen Wilson after falling in a deep fryer) has been featured on several CAPTION THIS contests here and now it’s time for him to finally be recognized for the hot slut that is. Because anybody who dips their peen in paint and uses it to make beautiful portraits of Oprah and The Pope is doing important work. This is high art! I mean, would you be able to find a cum ball on the real Picbutto’s work, no! And since he has so much paint up in...

Vatican Official: "Here In Rome, Ted Kennedy Is Nobody"
Time : There was a poignant footnote to President Obama's historic July 10 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Behind closed doors in the papal library, Obama handed Benedict a letter that Senator Edward Kennedy had asked him to personally deliver to the Pontiff. [...] Back at headquarters, however, there is little room for nuance. "Here in Rome, Ted Kennedy is nobody. He's a legend with his own constituency," says the Vatican official. "If he had influence in the past, it was only...

Ted Kennedy Gets The Last Word
From a letter from Kennedy to The Pope, read aloud at his funeral: I also want you to know that even though I am ill, I'm committed to do everything I can to achieve access to Health Care for everyone in my country. This has been the political cause of my life. There's something very satisfying about seeing McCain and the other conservatives -- who have tried to say that Kennedy would have compromised further, Kennedy would have abandoned his principles, Kennedy would have given the Republicans...

As Kennedy Laid To Rest A Papal Prayer Request Is Revealed
WASHINGTONShortly before his death, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI asking for the pontiff to pray for him as he struggled with an aggressive form of Brain Cancer, it was revealed at his graveside service Saturday evening. Members of the Kennedy family gather at the gravesite Saturday evening.more photos » Kennedy, the youngest and last-surviving brother of a heralded Kennedy generation, was laid to rest on a hillside at Arlington National Cemetery alongside his...

Ted Kennedy Memoir 'True Compass' Set for September: PHOTO
In the days following Senator Edward Kennedy's death, his story will be told by friends and admirers, fellow politicians, family members, pundits and critics. But when Kennedy's mammoth memoir, True Compass , is published on Sept. 14, readers will be able to experience his life story as told by the Senator himself. (See TIME's complete Ted Kennedy coverage.)

Analysis: Summer vacation is over Obama - Yahoo! News
Washington – President Barack Obama confronts a tortuous September — and it's not just the divisive political fight over Health Care. Back from his first presidential vacation, a break truncated by the death and remembrance of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and the nomination of the Federal Reserve chief to a new term, Obama settles back into the Oval Office well aware his approval ratings have fallen. He now must spend heavily from that shrinking fund of political capital — with a...

Conservatives Warning Against Politicizing Kennedy's Death, Did Just That For Reagan
Conservatives accusing Democrats of trying to reap political advantage from the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) are conveniently ignoring the politicization of former president Ronald Reagan's death by Republican more than four year's earlier. Just two days after Kennedy lost his yearlong struggle with Brain Cancer, conservative media personalities are already decrying Democrats for using his death to jumpstart Health Care reform's passage. The main criticisms have come from the likes...

TED JR.'S SEA OF TRANQUILITY
A somber Ted Kennedy Jr. yesterday finds some peace on the waters his father loved so much, off the coast of Hyannis, Mass. Ted Jr., sailing with wife Kiki (second from left) and some pals, gave...

Hundreds line up at Sen. Edward Kennedy's grave
Reporting from Arlington, Va. - Joan Waxman happened to be in the nation's capital on an elementary school trip that week in 1963 when John F. Kennedy was buried. She was in town for a wedding when former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died. This weekend, as the body of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, Waxman, 53, and her husband, Howard, were moving their son in for his junior year at George Washington University. Before heading back to New Jersey,...

Reporters' Notebook
THE LATE SEN. EDWARD Kennedy will be remembered for many things, not the least of which was his ability to recite a nursery rhyme. "I never heard a better or more passionate rendition of 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' than by Sen. Kennedy," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in an appearance last week at Harmon Elementary School in southeast Las Vegas.

In Search For A Statesman
As the nation pays its final respect for the life and times of Sen. Edward Kennedy it has become clear to me we will never again see a politician of his stature grace the halls of Congress. That is sad. What struck me was the litany of friends and foes alike who all agreed on one basic principle: Ted Kennedy was a man of his word. He was passionate in his beliefs even though many disagreed. He was an engaging politician with that booming voice and Irish wit who could charm the pants off his...