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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting next week in central Italy to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has placed Cardinal John Henry Newman on the path to possible sainthood by approving a miracle attributed to the 19th century Anglican convert's intercession.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to meet with President Obama at the Vatican on July 10, according to White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs, the AP/Boston Globe reports. The Rev.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
POPE BENEDICT XVI has appointed the Very Reverend Father Alex Thomas Kaliyanil as the new Archbishop for Bulawayo, replacing Archbishop Pius Ncube, who resigned following the exposure of his illicit adulterous escapades in 2007.
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The Swamp (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who will leave town on the July Fourth weekend for a summit of the Group of Eight in Italy and a quick trip to Ghana, will drop in on Pope Benedict XVI, Reuters is reporting from Vatican City. The White House hasn't announced the stop yet, but it makes sense that the president - who delivered a controversial commencement address at Notre Dame University and confronted...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama will meet on July 10, a much-anticipated Vatican audience with a president under attack by some American bishops for his support of abortion rights. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday the Vatican had informed the White House that Benedict is available to meet the president that afternoon. The meeting will be...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama will hold a much-anticipated meeting at the Vatican on July 10.
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Let's Get It Right (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
CNS reports: VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to the Vatican July 10 for an audience scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Obama will visit Italy July 8-10 to participate in the Group of Eight summit, a meeting of leaders of the world's wealthiest nations. The meeting will be held in L'Aquila, site of a devastating earthquake in April. After the G-8 summit, the...
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Meeting in evening before Obama flies to Ghana National Catholic Reporter Jun. 23, 2009 By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service (composite by NCR from CNS photos) VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to the Vatican July 10 for an audience scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Obama will visit Italy July 8-10 to participate in the Group of Eight summit, a meeting of leaders...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Pope Benedict XVI called on Thursday for a “frank and complete acknowledgment” of the “weaknesses” of priests and denounced those who did not honor their vows.
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
» 06/17/2009 14:40 VATICAN Politicians must pay attention to and support the role of religions in society. In his General Audience Benedict XVI calls to mind Saints Cyril and Methodius, “Apostles of the Slavs”, “examples of what today is called enculturation”. Vatican City ( AsiaNews ) – Every nation must introduce the message of Salvation into its culture, “expressing...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday his new encyclical on the economy and labor issues will focus on ways to make globalization more careful to the needs of the poor amid the worldwide financial crisis.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday his new encyclical on the economy and labor issues will focus on ways to make globalization more careful to the needs of the poor amid the worldwide financial crisis.
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wineandfoodtube | 04/23/2008
For Lidia Bastianich, cooking for Pope Benedict XVI was more than an honor. In her own words, it was a "closing of the circle." Forty years ago, when Lidia was 12 and living in a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy, with her parents and brother, a Catholic relief organization provided them with safe passage and the proper visas to emigrate to America. But Lidia and her parents had to go to the Vatican