NEW YORK — Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to visit an American synagogue Friday, bringing greetings for the Passover holiday and accepting gifts of matzo and a seder plate. Benedict, 81, stopped briefly at Park East Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, near the Vatican residence.
"I find it moving to recall that Jesus, as a young boy, heard the words of Scripture and prayed in a place such as this," he said.
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