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Pope Criticizes Syria Regime At Easter Mass

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO and DIAA HADID | Posted 04.08.2012

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that th...

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Pope: Future Hopes Lie With Youth

AP | By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.02.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI in his New Year's homily Sunday praised young people as key to securing a future of hope despite what he called "sha...

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There's A Good Reason Why Benedict's Not An Organ Donor

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) When Vatican officials announced last week that Pope Benedict XVI's 2005 election render...

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Christmas in Rome: Four Places to Enjoy Italian Traditions

Kathy McCabe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy McCabe

Traveling to Italy so often -- at least several times a year -- I've discovered that my favorite season to visit Italy is winter, especially right around Christmas.

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My Meeting with Pope Benedict

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The pope drove up the incline and arrived in front of St. Peter's Basilica. The people who were there to meet him sat on both sides of his dais. There were clergymen from all over the world

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Pope Benedict XVI Meets, Forgives Woman Who Knocked Him Down

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI met on Wednesday with the woman who knocked him over at St. Peter's Basilica during Christmas Eve Mass, and he ...

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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial: Making Beauty Out of Ugly Things

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.17.2011

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Cathleen Falsani

I made the short journey to the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., to visit the 9/11 memorial honoring 184 people who died here when terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77.

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