Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the United States in 2007

"Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the United States in 2007, Baltimore's Cardinal William Keeler told a radio audience on Jan. 27.
Cardinal Keeler, who recently returned from a visit to Rome, said that he had invited the Pope to visit for the rededication of the city's Assumption basilica in November of this year. He told a WBAL radio audience that Vatican officials had said the Pope would not be able to accept that invitation. However, the Pope did point to a visit the following year, Cardinal Keeler said. 'He is planning to come to the United States next year,' he told the radio audience; the cardinal said that a visit to Baltimore would likely be part of the Pope's travel schedule."...more