In una lunga lettera inviata al direttore del Corriere della Sera, il vicedirettore ad personam Magdi Cristiano Allam spiega con un elevato livello di dettaglio il perché ha preso una scelta così importante e rischiosa.
Il link è alla versione integrale perché sul Corriere è stata pubblicata solo una sintesi. Non riporto estratti perché sarebbe da leggere tutta di un fiato
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Magdi Cristiano Allam: “il dono più grande della vita”
“Christiane, ego baptizo te in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritui Sancti”
Vengono cantate le litanie dei santi in latino, come in ogni cerimonia solenne. Siamo intorno alle 23 della vigilia di Pasqua. La cerimonia battesimale è infatti collocata dopo le letture e prima della comunione, circa due ore dopo l’inizio della liturgia della Veglia Pasquale, la più solenne dell’anno liturgico.
Invocazione specifica per battesimo
orazione
solenne preghiera di benedizione dell’acqua
cero pasquale immerso nel fonte battesimale.
Rinnovo promesse battesimali. Invito a riprendere le candele e ad accenderle. Anche i catecumeni hanno le candele accese.
i sette catecumeni hanno risposto alle domande del Santo Padre per la professione di fede insieme all’assemblea.
Il Santo Padre è davanti al fonte battesimale, e qui i sette ricevono il battesimo dalle mani del Santo Padre.
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Magdi Allam will be christened
Italian (born in Egypt) ad personam assistant publisher of “Corriere della Sera” will be christened tonight in St. Peter Church, Rome, by Pope Benedict XVI.
Amato suggested fictitious illness to Pope, italian columnist said
According to Italian columnist Andrea Tornielli, italian interior minister Giuliano Amato suggested that the Pope should tell on January 17th morning he had the flu and so he couldn’t go to university “La Sapienza”, Rome. This suggestion was done during a phone talk between italian minister and vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on January 14th evening.
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (head of CEI, italian bishops conference) said that Benedict XVI renounced to visit La Sapienza after being told of possible incidents by italian authorities. But italian government denied it, opening a diplomatic incident.
Benedict XVI visit to “La Sapienza” postponed
After the well-noted controversy of recent days… it was considered appropriate to postpone the event,
a Vatican statement said. The event was the inauguration of academic year 2008 in “La sapienza“ university of Rome.
So the Pontiff won’t go there on Thursday 17th and he’ll send the text of his intervention he wanted to read in the oldest roman athenaeum (founded in 1303 by his predecessor Boniface VIII as ‘Studium Urbis’).
Why all this mess?
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*Rumors* about Pope visit in US
According to some rumors, [Benedict XVI] trip in the US will be carried out from April 15th, 2008 to April 20th 2008 and it will stop for sure at United Nations, where the Pope has been invited by general secretary Ban Ki-Moon. In New York there will be a Mass in to the Central Park and visits to Saint Patrick’s cathedral and to Ground Zero.
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Regensburg’s Benedict XVI provisional text lecture
Ok … since out there we can find plenty of ignorant and analphabet people trying to entice the crowds by cutting and pasting only what they want, it’s time to give some linky linky 
Benedict XVI integral text lecture
[English]
[Italian]
Read and learn *the whole document* before shouting against someone or something..