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Pope Visit Low Attendance Blamed On Israeli Police By Jerusalem Church Leader

New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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A church leader on Wednesday criticized what he described as excessive Israeli security surrounding the recent visit here of Pope Benedict XVI, blamin...

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Netanyahu To Pope: 'Sound Your Moral Voice Against The Iranian Threat'

Haaretz | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked Pope Benedict XVI to condemn the anti-Semitic declarations of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadineja...

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Vatican Called Out For Denying Pope's Admitted, Forced Hitler Youth Membership

Telegraph | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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The Vatican blundered into a fresh public relations fiasco on Tuesday after seeking to rewrite the biography of Pope Benedict XVI by denying that he w...

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Pope Holocaust Speech Draws Criticism

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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Pope Benedict XVI on Monday paid tribute to the memory of six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, pledging to work tirelessly to prevent such ...

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Pope Walks Out On Palestinian Sheikh Rant

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Chief Islamic Judge of the Palestinian Authority, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, launched a poisonous verbal attack at Israel at a Monday night gatherin...

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Pope Gets Nano-Bible From Peres

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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President Shimon Peres will present Pope Benedict XVI on Monday with a unique gift that requires an electron microscope to appreciate:...

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Pope In Israel Calls For Palestinian State (VIDEO)

Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Associated Press JERUSALEM — Pope Benedict XVI pledged Monday to remember the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, se...

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Pope Mideast Trip Different Than John Paul's

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI begins a weeklong tour in the Middle East on Friday, a self-described "pilgrim of peace" seeking to strengthen ...

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Pope Mideast Trip Begins In Jordan

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

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AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Benedict XVI began his first trip to the Middle East on Friday, expressing his "deep respect" for Islam and hopes that the ...

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Pope Mideast Trip May Include Iraq

Earth Times | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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A report published in a leading Baghdad daily that Pope Benedict XVI may visit Iraq in mid-May as part of his tour of the Middle East sparked instant ...

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Pope Questioned By Gaza Catholics: Why Aren't You Coming Here?

AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip to the Holy Land will be bittersweet for Gaza's tiny Catholic community, angry the pontiff is not also visiting thei...

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Thousands Of Angolans Evicted From Catholic Church's Land: Critics

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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LUANDA, Angola — Even as Pope Benedict XVI said Monday his heart cannot be at peace while people are homeless, critics used his Africa pilgrimag...

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Pope's Condom Statement Gets Mixed Reviews

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Pope Benedict's statement yesterday that condoms are not the solution to the AIDS crisis in Africa elicited strong reactions from both sides of the po...

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Rabbi To Pope: Wearing Cross To Western Wall Would Be 'Inappropriate'

Jerusalem Post | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

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Ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's May visit to Israel, the rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinovitch, has said that it is not proper to come to the sit...

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My Spiritual Journey: The Pope, His Relevance, And Those Sexual Molestation Cases

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

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The big news this week is that Pope Benedict XVI is here for a visit. (Whee! His spiritual journey coincides with my spiritual journey!) And as it tur...

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Shepherd One, Popemobile And State Department Keep Pope Benedict Traveling In Style

AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Pope Benedict landed at Andrews Air Force Base this afternoon to being his United States tour. Breaking with tradition, President Bush traveled to th...

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