In an unscheduled meeting with 5 victims of sexual abuse from the the Boston Archdiocese, Pope Benedict XVI became only the third ponitiff to speak before the General Assembly of the United Nations where he urged diplomats to seek consensus to solve the world's problems:The pontiff, addressing the U.N. General Assembly on his first papal trip to the U.S., said the organization's work is vital. But he raised concerns that power is concentrated in just a handful of nations. "Multilateral consensus," he said, speaking in French, "continues to be in crisis because it is still subordinated to the decisions of a small number." The world's problems call for collective interventions by the international community, he said.But it was the surprise meeting with sexual abuse victims that has turned into the emotional moment of the Pope's trip to the United States: The private session, described last night by several people who were present, was punctuated by frequent emotion....(Read Full Post)