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A
ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its
successors. The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but
with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important
provided the hierarchical structure remains always the same.
George Orwell
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| President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Pope John XXIII at the Vatican, in this Dec. 6, 1959, file photo. The leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics has been to the White House only once in history. That changes this week, and President Bush is pulling out all the stops: driving out to a suburban military base to meet Pope Benedict XVI's plane, bringing a giant audience to the South Lawn and hosting a fancy East Room dinner. (AP Photo/Paul Schutzer, File) |






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President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI talk at the Vatican in this July 2, 1963 file photo. Kennedy's meeting with Pope
Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: the first Roman Catholic president
of the United States was seeing the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after his coronation. Kennedy _ who struggled against anti-Catholic bias during his presidential campaign
-only shook hands with the pope rather than kissing his ring,
as is the usual practice for Catholics. (AP Photo/File)
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| Pope Paul VI, left, and President Lyndon B. Johnson are seen during the Pontiff's visit to New York in this Oct. 4, 1965 file photo. The
trip presented protocol problems. President Johnson wanted to see him,
but the pontiff was a chief of a state not officially recognized by the U.S. The solution: Johnson flew to New York for dinner at the apartment of his friend Arthur Goldberg, the
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the pontiff was welcomed to
Johnson's suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the next day.
(AP Photo/File)
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| President Jimmy Carter , right, talks with Pope John Paul II at the White House in Washington in this Oct. 6, 1979 file photo. Carter hosted the first White House by a pope. Pope John Paul II was greeted at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington by Vice President Walter Mondale. His stay at the White House featured 10,000 guests _ split between separate arrival and departure ceremonies on the North and South Lawns. (AP Photo) |

| President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Pope John Paul II on the podium at Miami International Airport, Fla., in this Sept. 10, 1987 file photo. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File) |

| President George H.W. Bush, stands with Pope John Paul II in the papal library at the Vatican, in this May 27, 1989 file photo. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) |

| Hillary and President Bill Clinton greet the Pope at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark New Jersey. (Newsday / Dan Goodrich / October 4, 1995) |



