Ted Kennedy to Pope Benedict: ‘I am writing with deep humility…’

Filed under: Religion, Ted Kennedy

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 when Obama visited the Vatican in July. But the contents of the letter were unknown, and it was reported that Benedict XVI had responded but the substance was also unknown.

At the interment at Arlington, retired Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick used the brief rite as an opportunity to read much of the contents of the two letters, which revealed something about both senator and pope.

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