Topic: Pope Benedict Xvi
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it was sincere about better ties with the Vatican, a day before the planned ordination of a bishop that will be a test of whether the two sides can rein in tensions over control of ...
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Benin on Friday, marking his second visit to Africa in a nation considered the heartland of voodoo and after his 2009 trip to the continent led to an outcry over condoms.He is expected to be welcomed by ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress and social activist Susan Sarandon was reported to have called Pope Benedict a Nazi during a public discussion at a U.S. film festival in New York.The movie star, who won an Oscar for her role in the ...
Pope Benedict on Saturday met with Orthodox Christians during a tour stop in Freiburg, GermanyPope Benedict on Saturday met with Orthodox Christians during a tour stop in Freiburg, Germany, the AP reported. During the third day of a visit to his native ...
Pope Benedict XVI's first state visit to his German homeland begins here Thursday with the threat of mass protests and the lingering taint of Church sexual abuse scandals set to cloud his welcome.The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics has a ...
Pope Benedict XVI faces a clamour for change as he heads to Germany for his first state visit, with calls for reform on many fronts -- from recognising gays to ordaining women to the priesthood.Grievances over the Vatican's "out of touch" attitudes ...
Pope Benedict XVI says he is looking forward to his upcoming trip to his homeland Germany, while stressing that God, not "spectacle," is the focus.The main aim of his visit, from Thursday to next Sunday, will be to help "God to penetrate ...
All 21 people aboard the Chilean air force plane that crashed into the Pacific on its way to a remote archipelago died instantaneously, the defense minister said."Based on observations and the search we carried out with the air force commander, we have ...
The Vatican on Saturday acknowledged "grave failures" in handling a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland as Dublin insisted the Holy See helped block investigations.In its long-awaited response to an official report commissioned by the Irish government, the Vatican ...
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