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10:00Pope's Visit to U.S.

Three years after succeeding John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI makes his first papal visit to the U.S. We assess his papacy to date, the state of the Catholic Church in America and Pope Benedict's dialogue with people of other faiths.

Guests

Jon Meacham, editor, Newsweek and co-moderator of "On Faith," an interactive conversation on religion at washingtonpost.com; Author of "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation"

The Very Reverend David O'Connell, C.M., president of the Catholic University of America

Rev. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., senior research Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University and former editor of "America" magazine.

Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, national director of the Islamic Society of North America

11:00Cokie Roberts: "Ladies of Liberty" (William Morrow)

NPR�s Cokie Roberts provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the women who helped shape the nation after it gained independence from England.

Guests

Cokie Roberts, Political commentator for ABC News, Senior News Analyst for NPR, and author of "We Are Our Mothers' Daughters" and with her husband, Steve Roberts, "From This Day Forward."

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