Vatican, May. 09 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has released the Pope's public schedule for May and June, which shows only a few major public ceremonies.
Not that it is all that surprising that a man who is 78 years old would opt to stay home and clean house rather than immediately pick up the globetrotting where John Paul II left off. The Holy Father's strategy is I think going to be more on mentality than activity. The Church itself must be prepared for the coming 're-evangelization' of Europe along with other tasks of the 21st century and Benedict XVI seems to have this in mind as he sets about meeting with the members of the Curia and getting a feel as Pope (a lot different to be in charge rather than just one of the prefects, even as head of the Doctrine of the Faith) for the state of the Church and figure out just what kind of strategy needs to go into combatting secularism, commercialism, etc.
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