31/05/2008 22:57. When I was studying at Washington Theological Union in D.C., there was sometimes less than charitable talk about "the other school" across town and the differences people noticed between the two campuses.

WTU wasn't really a campus. It was just one building.

The school got by with help from religious orders, such as the Franciscans and Augustinians. It was not a rich school.

The "other school" was Catholic University of America. Big campus. Big faculty. Big buildings. Home to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, one of the largest churches in North America. Pope Benedict XVI met with U.S. bishops there during his visit last month.

He didn't make it over to WTU.

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