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Pope's Butler Vows To Help Vatican Scandal Probe

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.29.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The biggest scandal to rock the Vatican in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler, arrested for allegedly having confident...

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Vatican Denies Any Cardinal A Suspect In Leaks Scandal

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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VATICAN CITY, May 28 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday denied Italian press reports that a cardinal was among those being investigated in a scandal ...

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Vatican In Chaos After Pope's Butler Arrested For Leaks

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.28.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler...

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Pope Cannot See What Is Good & Evil

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.09.2012

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In today's overpopulated world, in which sexually-transmitted diseases are a scourge, few points about good and evil can be plainer than that contraception is good and opposition to contraception is evil. Yet the Pope remains willfully blind to this.

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CAPTION THIS: The Pope's New Hat

Posted 03.28.2012

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SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE CAPTIONS We spend most of our days coming up with funny things to say about ridiculous photos, so it's only fair that we pu...

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Pope Asks For Prayers Before Mexico-Cuba Trip

AP | Posted 03.18.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has asked for prayers for his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba. Sunday marks the last time Benedict will greet the ...

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The Pope Must Secretly Be Working for President Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.12.2012

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Moderates and women are fleeing the Republican Party. Between rush Limbaugh and the Roman Catholic bishops' war on women's access to contraception the Democratic Party is sitting pretty for 2012.

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Why I Couldn't Be Catholic And A Woman

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Sexism, Misogyny, Abortion, Women's Health, Reproductive Freedom, Roman Catholic Church, Civil Rights, The Pope, Catholic Church, Gender and Religion, Catholic Women, Catholic Leadership, Contraception, Politics News

Either you are willing to support and participate in a culture in which men, refusing to accept women as equals, use a perverted claim of divine right to control women and their bodies, or you don't.

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Code of Misconduct

Walt Hawkins | Posted 03.25.2012

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I recently had to attend a corporate code-of-conduct seminar. Upon exiting the seminar, I began thinking about some of the public figures who could have benefited from a class on proper on-the-job behavior.

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Pope Remembers Victims Of Religious Terrorism

AP | Posted 01.09.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has remembered the "numerous victims" of religiously motivated terrorism during an annual reception for diplomats. ...

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The New Mass As New Coke

Jeff DeGraff | Posted 03.07.2012

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I was in a positively ebullient mood as I went off to Christmas Mass at St. Mary's with my family in tow. The senses were amped up for the big production. And that's when "it" happened.

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PHOTOS: Mass For The Epiphany

Posted 01.06.2012

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The Pope celebrated the Mass for the Epiphany of our Lord, a feast of light, marking the end of the Vatican's Christmas celebrations. To see mo...

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Christmas In Cuba Ahead Of Pope's Visit

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 12.26.2011

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HAVANA -- Cuban faithful celebrating Christmas say they have plenty to cheer this year as they prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, the first...

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World AIDS Day 2011: One Catholic's Musings on Hope

Michele Somerville | Posted 01.31.2012

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Her World AIDS Day contribution emerged from her own hope, even as she was living suffering similar to that she depicted through paint. If that was not the Holy Spirit at work, I don't know what might be.

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Vatican Threatens Legal Action Following Pope Kissing Ad

Posted 11.17.2011

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The same day United Colors of Benetton released its "Unhate" campaign, which depicted unlikely pairs of world leaders locking lips, the clothing compa...

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Pope Warns Against Vodoun; Prepares For Second Trip To Africa

Posted 11.15.2011

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By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI will make his second papal trip to Africa on Friday (Nov. 18), visi...

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Pope Names U.S. Envoy

AP | By VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 12.19.2011

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday named an Italian prelate who has served in Vatican diplomatic missions in Iraq, Britain and Nigeria as ...

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Pope Greeted By Protests During Red-Carpet Arrival In Germany

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 11.22.2011

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BERLIN — Pope Benedict XVI addressed Germany's parliament in the historic Reichstag building Thursday, warning that politicians must not sacrifi...

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Pick a You, Any You: The Emotional Cost of Living Online

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 11.18.2011

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Where did we become convinced that the faux is any more acceptable than the real? And why do we so readily buy into the idea that the images everyone else is presenting are any more real than our own?

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Pope Benedict XVI: 'Renounce Hatred' In Wake Of Olso Bombing

AP | Posted 09.23.2011

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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on people to renounce hatred in the face of the "deep sorrow" felt over the terror attack...

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WATCH: The Pope Visits The 'Today' Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 08.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- Speaking for just a few seconds as he greeted television host Matt Lauer on during Thursday's broadcast of NBC's "Today" show, Pope Benedi...

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Pope and New York Archbishop Will Join Matt Lauer On 'Today' At Vatican

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.31.2011

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In its first visit to the papal state since the death of Pope John Paul II, NBC’s "Today" show will broadcast live from Vatican City on Thursday in ...

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POKE THE POPE: John Paul II Gets Facebook Page

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican will unveil the latest installment in its social media transformation next week – a Facebook page dedicated to ...

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Leaks Say Vatican Pressed Ireland On Charges In Child Abuse Probe

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that the Vatican felt "offended" that Ireland failed to respect Holy See "sovereig...

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The Bucket-List Tour of New York City

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I helped an 18-year-old check items off her bucket list, I realized that just because I live here in Manhattan, there's no reason to take the city's great tourist attractions for granted.

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