The Pope Performs at the White House

Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the White House today, in English mind you. It is so cool to have a Pope that knows English. Now a lot of us who aren't bilingual can tell what he's saying. While I am not Catholic, I still want to understand the leader of the Catholic Church when he speaks.

Not only did the Bishop of Rome speak English, he did it eloquently. I don't remember in my lifetime ever being able to understand a Pope. This is new and unusual territory, a world with a modern, English-speaking Pope.

Benedict seems accessible, and he smiles a lot. After two years of his papacy his style and approach still seems new to me in a good way.