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Pope urges Europe to defend religious heritage

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.

Pope urges Europe to defend religious heritage

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.

Pope prays to musical accompaniment in new CD

Sify (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along to a mix of modern music and ancient church chants in a new album presented Tuesday before its release at the end of the month.

• Pope prays to musical accompaniment in new CD - San Diego Union
• Pope prays to musical accompaniment in new CD - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Pope Benedict XVI's album launched

Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday

An album featuring Pope Benedict XVI, reciting and singing prayers and litanies, was launched yesterday.

Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.

255 artists to meet pope to revive relations

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

More than 250 artists including Ennio Morricone and Bill Viola will meet Pope Benedict XVI this month to revive the Church's relations with the art world, a Vatican official said Thursday. The November 21 meeting at the Sistine Chapel will be "a representative moment showing the will to dialogue between the church and the art world", said Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical...

President Blair? -- By: Andrew Stuttaford

The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

The idea that Tony Blair might "emerge" as president of the EU from the secretive conclave that will be held once the Czechs become the last government to ratify the EU constitution Lisbon Treaty looks ever more unlikely. EurSoc lists some of the problems with the Blair candidacy (which, good oligarch that he is, Blair has never actually deigned to announce), but also points out the silver...

Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief

Sify (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders' first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to

Pope: faith and reason complementary

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that faith and science are both necessary for the full understanding of mankind and its place in the universe. The pope met...

World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Pope Calls On Iran to Allow Christian Worship

New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Pope Benedict XVI called on Iran on Thursday to grant Christians “the freedom to practice their faith” and Catholics “the essential conditions” to survive in the Islamic republic.

Pope seeks more freedom for Catholics in Iran

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.

Pope seeks more freedom for Catholics in Iran

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country. In...

Pope seeks more freedom for Catholics in Iran

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.

Pope seeks more freedom for Catholics in Iran

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.

Pope urges 'greater opening' by Iran

France24 (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday urged a "greater opening" by Iran to the international community as he met Tehran's new ambassador to the Vatican. "Iran is a great nation... and its people have a deep religious sensibility," the pope said as he accepted Ali Akbar Naseri's credentials. "That may be a reason to hope for a greater opening and confident collaboration with the international...

Cooking for the pope

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