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	Pontiff's Visit Seen As Rally for Church Beset by Problems By Suzanne Sataline Wall Street Journal April 14, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120812792847711411.html?mod=googlenews_wsj At Catholic University in Washington, undergraduates have been thinking up chants to shout when they greet Pope Benedict XVI on their campus later this week. "Students are very excited and ready to welcome our pontiff, and express our love and support for him during what many would describe as a difficult time in the church," said sophomore Jonathan Jerome of Charlotte, N.C. But even the most fervent Catholics acknowledge that Pope Benedict will find a more troubled American church than the one that honored his predecessor during the most recent papal visit, 13 years ago. With 64 million members, the ...
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