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  • April 2008

    • Pope Says Mass at Stadium

      Washington Post  |  Apr 17, 08 8:56 AM CDT

      Pope Says Mass at Stadium

      (Newser) - Washington's Nationals Park was transformed into a church today as more than 46,000 gathered to hear Pope Benedict XVI say Mass. Beer stands were replaced with confessionals and choirs filled the outfield as the popemobile circled the bases, the Washington Post reports. Giving his homily in English and Spanish, Benedict again warned against society's growing secularism and addressed the sexual abuse scandal. More »

    • NY, DC Prep for Papal Visit

      New York Times  |  Apr 12, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      NY, DC Prep for Papal Visit

      (Newser) - He may be the only man who can draw Mets fans to Yankee Stadium: Next week, Pope Benedict XVI will lead a stadium Mass on his 6-day tour of Washington, DC and New York. Before gracing second base, the Pontiff will celebrate his 81st birthday at the White House, and visit churches—and a synagogue—in both cities. More »

  • March 2008

    • Pope Slams Iraq War

      Associated Press  |  Mar 16, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Pope Slams Iraq War

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI harshly criticized the Iraq war today at the close of a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, the AP reports. “Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred,” he said to applause from a crowd of thousands. He said the war “provoked a breakup” of Iraqi civilian life and urged the country’s factions to work toward "reconciliation, forgiveness, justice, and coexistence among tribal, ethnic, and religious groups." More »

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      Iraq war  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • mass  • archbishop  • Palm Sunday  • Paulos Faraj Rahho

  • November 2007

    • The Kilogram Is Losing Weight

      BBC  |  Nov 9, 07 9:31 PM CST

      The Kilogram Is Losing Weight

      (Newser) - To a casual observer, the plum-sized chunk of metal that rests inside a sealed, underground vault near Paris is unremarkable. But to scientists, the cylinder of platinum and iridium is one of the constants upon which science is based. It weighs exactly 1 kilogram, or at least it used to, reports the BBC. More »

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      science  • weight  • mass  • measurement

    • Pull Over, Father

      Der Spiegel  |  Nov 3, 07 5:08 PM CDT

      Pull Over, Father

      (Newser) - Irish priests are carping about a government proposal to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers from .08 to .05, fearing that communion wine may make them legally drunk. “I don't like to use the word wine, as it is Christ's blood,” says one priest, “but it still has all the characteristics of wine when in the blood stream.” Non-alcoholic vino is no option, he adds, for it requires case-by-case church approval.  More »

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      Catholic Church  • wine  • drunk driving  • Catholicism  • Ireland  • mass

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