SYDNEY, Australia — Pope Benedict XVI met privately on Monday with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, ending a pilgrim...
Edward Lozzi | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living
Pope Benedict is in Australia about to pull the same media stunt of faux concern for the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy that he pulled in the United States in April of this year.
Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home
Iran says it would consider a meeting between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Italian officials and the pope on an upcoming trip to Italy if they in...
AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.14.2008 | Living
VATICAN CITY — Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an ...
Doon Baqi | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
There's an enormous quake in China killing thousands of people. This only days after a cyclone named after a flower wreaks devastation on Myanmar. We must be at world's end.
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living
In the three years since Pope Benedict assumed his role as shepherd of the world's more than 1 billion Roman Catholics, he has not ruled with the iron fist that some Catholics anticipated.
The New York Times | Andy Newman | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living
Along with an enormous entourage and a message of peace, the Pope brought with him to the United States a lifelong love of cats. Benedict's kindness ...
Joan Garry | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics
The Pope clearly hasn't come around on the gay issue. It does appear, however that he and the media have evolved on the relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia.
Bill Press | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living
Even though for the first time he expressed regret at the way the Church covered up the priest pedophile scandal, he still refuses to recognize what lies at the heart of the problem.
Stacey Lawson | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living
At a core level, somewhere beyond our religious ideology and distinctions, the Pope's visit has stirred something sacred. It has stirred our faith. ...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 04.20.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in storied Yankee Stadium on Sunday for his final Mass in America, cheered by a joyous crowd after making a...
Kathleen Kennedy, T. O'Neill III & J. Roosevelt Jr | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers bring Rovian style tactics to our faith, perpetuating the sharpening of religious differences on a narrow selection of social issues.
AP | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
Pope Benedict XVI, after urging bishops, priests and parishioners to heal the wounds caused by the clergy sex abuse scandal, talked and prayed privat...
Al Eisele | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living
As a Catholic, I'm watching with great interest the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S., even though I had only a glimpse of him as he left the White House after his meeting with President Bush.
AP | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope Thursday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his U.S. pilgrimage, but he la...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home
Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States coincides with his 81st birthday, and the White House is sparing no expense in celebrating it. B...
Joe Cutbirth | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
The Lord truly works in mysterious ways. This Friday, the same day Joseph Ratzinger arrives in New York for the first time as pope to address the Uni...
Hilary Rosen | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Washington is agog with celebrations of the Holy Father, so I hate to be a pooper at the papal party but...it is worth pointing out a visit by another holy man to the U.S. last week.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Pope Benedict XVI became only the second Pope to visit the White House, and he gave a speech about the purpose of his trip and the importance of democ...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home
Pope Benedict XVI was greeted with loud cheers as he stepped off the plane today, marking his first official visit to the US since he became Pope. Pr...
Louise Blouin MacBain | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
We cannot stand by while Tibetan culture and environment are further diminished by economic development, and the Tibetan movement becomes further radicalized.
236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home
As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to make his American debut, His Holiness has his work cut out for him. The Pope has promised to "seek healing" for the s...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI recognizes the damage and pain caused by the clergy sex abuse crisis and will seek to heal wounds during his U....
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A chimp in Japan escaped the sweltering confines of his cage, and a zookeeper with a tranquilizer gun...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living