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Papal Authority

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I am a middle-aged, liberal Jewish female who has never considered the pope my leader. It therefore was very upsetting to see a picture on the front page (July 24) of Pope John Paul II reading a statement to President Bush about how we in this country must not go forward with stem cell research. There is no problem when the pope talks to the millions of American Catholics who do see him as their spiritual leader. But the wall between church and state is too fragile in this country for the pope to be dictating domestic policy to the rest of us.

Joan Walston

Santa Monica

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