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CNN
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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...
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CNN
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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...
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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...
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CNN
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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...
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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...
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CNN
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Pope Benedict XVI championed the environment in the Vatican's annual World Day of Peace message...
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CNN
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The pope appeared unscathed Friday as he delivered his Christmas message, just hours after a woman jumped a barrier and dragged him down...
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CNN
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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...
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Pope Benedict XVI will meet the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday, their first meeting since a Catholic overture to disaffected Anglicans...
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Pope Benedict XVI was briefly hospitalized after suffering a minor fracture to his wrist, the Vatican said Friday...
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Independent
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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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..
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USA Today
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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..
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Washington Post
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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..
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CNN
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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...
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CNN
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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...
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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...
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CNN
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The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison in Turkey Monday, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported...
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CNN
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Pope Benedict XVI visited the main Jewish synagogue in Rome on Sunday, a trip that unfolded amid heightened tension between Catholics and Jews...
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