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Boost aid to poor, Pope tells G8 ahead of summit

Pope Benedict XVI waves during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican July 1, 2009. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile) The Star Saturday July 4, 2009 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders meeting in Italy next week to discuss the state of the global economy should not forget about the world's poor, Pope Benedict said in a letter released by the Vatican on Saturday. The...

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Pope calls on G8 nations to maintain and boost aid to world's poor

Rome - Pope Benedict XVI has called on the world's leading industrialized nations to maintain and strengthen assistance for poor nations during the world economic crisis, according to information released by the Vatican Saturday. I appeal to G8 memb...

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Pope urges G8 leaders to act on crisis

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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Pope urges G8 leaders to act on crisis

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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Pope urges G8 leaders to act on crisis

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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The First Lady and the First Daughters Are Going Abroad

Michelle Obama escorts her daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off the stage as President-elect Barack Obama begins his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. ---AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais From Lynn Sweet: Michelle Obama to Russia, Ghana, Italy, Will Meet Pope Benedict Posted: 07/2/09 Filed Under:The Daily FLOTUS with Lynn Sweet First...

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Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman

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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Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman

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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Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman

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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Does Kevin Rudd not have enough things to do?

From news.com.au: PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has promised two nuns that he will press the Pope on the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. The Archdiocese of Sydney said Mr Rudd would raise the issue in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on July 9. Much and all as it personally grates, Emperor Palpatine Pope Benedict is [...]

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Holy See to carry out visitation of Legionaries of Christ

It is reported in various places that the Holy See will soon carry out a canonical visitation of the Legionaries of Christ. After the announcement on March 31 that Pope Benedict XVI had ordered an Apostolic Visitation of the Legionaries of Christ, many wondered when it would begin.Vatican watcher Sandro Magister has answered the question by reporting it will begin on July 15 and that five bishops have...

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Pope signs new globalization encyclical

Pope Benedict XVI signed his latest encyclical Monday, a text on ways to make globalization more attentive to meeting the needs ...

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Angola: Book And DVD of Pope Benedict XVI's Speeches Presented

The Catholic Church presented officially on Monday, in Luanda, a book with 83 pages and a DVD with speeches and images of Bento XVI's visit to Angola, that took place in March this year.

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Pope to Metropolitans

Bishops are called to watch over their faithful not like "a prison guard," but with the same love and concern that God watches over the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. "To watch from God's perspective is to watch with that love that wants to serve the other, to help the other truly become him- or herself," the pope said June 29 during his homily on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul....

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Caritas in Veritate

Caritas in Veritate This morning the Holy See announced that Benedict XVI had signed his long awaited treatise on the global economic conditions and how Catholics should interact in the current economic situation. However, publication of the encyclical is reportedly going to coincide with the start of the G8 summit next week. Holding the papal [...]

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Cooking for the pope

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