Pope Benedict's first year
A year after the death of Pope John Paul II, Midmorning looks at the mark Pope Benedict XVI has made on the Catholic Church.9:06 a.m.Paul Elie: Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the author of the article "The Year of Two Popes," which appeared in the January/February 2006 edition of The Atlantic Monthly.
Don Briel: Director of the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas University.
John Allen: Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. He's author of the book "the Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church."
Sugar Point revisited
Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, one poet/author describes the 1898 battle which marked a turning point in relations between the U.S. government and Native Americans.10:06 a.m.Gerald Vizenor: American Book Award winner and member of the White Earth band of Ojibwe. His latest book is an epic poem called "Bear Island: The War At Sugar Point."
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