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WORLD / NEWS Thu Mar 18, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Catholic bishops in the pope's home state of Bavaria in southern Germany express "deep shock and shame" at recent reports of abuse in their diocese... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 15, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- With allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests piling up in Germany and Ireland and surfacing in Austria and the Netherlands, Europe appears poised to face church abuse in the broad, wrenching way the United States did in the last decade... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 15, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The pope is meeting Irish Catholic bishops Monday and Tuesday in the wake of a damning reports into the abuse of children by Catholic clergy... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 2, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A furor has erupted in Britain over comments by the pope seen as critical of a new law the Roman Catholic church fears will force it to accept homosexuals into its ranks... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope John Paul II used to beat himself with a belt and sleep naked on the floor to bring himself closer to Christ, a book published Wednesday says... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 1, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI championed the environment in the Vatican's annual World Day of Peace message... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Dec 25, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The pope appeared unscathed Friday as he delivered his Christmas message, just hours after a woman jumped a barrier and dragged him down... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Dec 19, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Pope John Paul II was a step closer to sainthood Saturday after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree recognizing the late pontiff's "heroic virtues" and declaring him "venerable," the Vatican said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 21, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI will meet the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday, their first meeting since a Catholic overture to disaffected Anglicans... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jul 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI was briefly hospitalized after suffering a minor fracture to his wrist, the Vatican said Friday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Sep 23, 2007 @ 7:00pm neoform

Independent -- The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt protection of the environment as a "moral" cause for the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following. The New.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- A new Roman Catholic bishop of Beijing has been consecrated in the Chinese capital, the first for over 50 years to have tacit approval of the Pope. Father Joseph Li Shan, 42, was made bishop at a ceremony in a cathedral near Tiananmen Square. His pr.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 12:27pm neoform

News.com.au -- POPE Benedict has said there is substantial scientific proof of the theory of evolution. The Pope, speaking as he was concluding his holiday in northern Italy, also said the human race must listen to "the voice of the Earth" or risk destroying its very.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 10:40am neoform

USA Today -- Pope Benedict XVI, who has been criticized by Indian rights groups, said Wednesday the church does not gloss over the injustices that accompanied the Christian colonization of Latin America and lamented that indigenous peoples' basic rights were often tra.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 3, 2007 @ 11:05am neoform

Washington Post -- The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Ro.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 13, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI is distraught by news of a scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Germany, Germany's highest-ranking Catholic said Friday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 17, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- The sexual abuse of children is not just a "heinous crime" but a "grave sin" that offends God and wounds human dignity, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday after a two-day meeting with Irish Catholic bishops at the Vatican... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jan 20, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The pope has summoned several Irish bishops to the Vatican to discuss a report documenting child abuse by Irish clergy members, the Vatican spokesman said Wednesday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 18, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison in Turkey Monday, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 18, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI visited the main Jewish synagogue in Rome on Sunday, a trip that unfolded amid heightened tension between Catholics and Jews... Read More