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  • January 2008

    • British Cleric to Pope: Party On!

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 29, 08 1:14 PM CST

      British Cleric to Pope: Party On!

      (Newser) - An Anglican archbishop from the land of Monty Python brought Pope Benedict a hoppy Holy Grail this month, reports the Guardian. Archbishop of York John Sentamu had heard that Benedict liked Black Sheep, so he brought along the British ale and a custom brew dubbed Holy Grail to his audience with the pontiff. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • beer  • Anglican Church  • Yorkshire

    • Italy's Favorite Saint to Be Exhumed

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 8, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Italy's Favorite Saint to Be Exhumed

      (Newser) - The body of Padre Pio, one of Italy’s most beloved saints, will be exhumed this year for a “checkup” and to be put on display for public veneration, the Guardian reports. "It is our duty to allow the generations that come after us the ability to venerate and best care for his mortal remains," said the archbishop of Puglia, where the man formally known as Saint Pius is buried. More »

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      Italy  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Holy See  • Padre Pio

    • Benedict Plans to Meet With Muslim Leaders

      Associated Press  |  Jan 2, 08 11:59 AM CST

      Benedict Plans to Meet With Muslim Leaders

      (Newser) - Catholic and Muslim leaders plan a "historic" meeting at the Vatican this spring, reports the AP, a year and a half after Pope Benedict's controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad. Benedict proposed the meeting in response to an open letter from 138 Muslim scholars that urged interfaith dialogue based on common belief in a single god. More »

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      Islam  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Catholicism  • Muslims  • God  • interfaith dialogue  • Prophet Muhammed  • pontiff

  • December 2007

    • Pope Ushers in Christmas

      AFP  |  Dec 24, 07 8:02 PM CST

      Pope Ushers in Christmas

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas with a traditional midnight Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, using his homily to speak out against the degradation of the environment and man's selfishness, reports Agence France Presse. The leader of the world's 1 billion Catholics lamented our "polluted world whose future is at risk," in an address broadcast worldwide. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Christmas  • Catholics

    • Catholics Now No. 1 in Britain

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 23, 07 12:47 PM CST

      Catholics Now No. 1 in Britain

      (Newser) - For the first time in 400 years, Catholicism has more adherents than the Church of England in Great Britain, the Sunday Telegraph reports. Immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa have filled the pews of Catholic churches, while attendance at Anglican Sunday services has dipped 20% since 2000, according to a survey of English churches. More »

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      Great Britain  • religion  • Catholic Church  • England  • Vatican  • Catholicism  • Anglican Church  • Catholic  • God  • British  • prayer  • Church of England  • Anglican  • worshippers

    • Italy Depressed by News Story Calling Italy Depressed

      New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 7:12 PM CST

      Italy Depressed by News Story Calling Italy Depressed

      (Newser) - In a self-referential moment, the New York Times interviews its own reporter, Ian Fisher, about the nationwide soul-searching set off in Italy by Fisher's Dec. 13 article that depicts Italians as wallowing in a collective funk. Fisher's description of a dispirited national mood has prompted an impassioned response from all corners. More »

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      Italy  • Vatican  • depression  • Giorgio Napolitano

    • Blair Now Officially Catholic

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 22, 07 11:16 AM CST

      Blair Now Officially Catholic

      (Newser) - Tony Blair converted to Catholicism yesterday, confirming months of rumors that he would switch from the Church of England, the UK Times reports. "I am very glad to receive Tony Blair into the Catholic church," said the archbishop of Westminster, who performed the ceremony in London. The former PM had long been attending services with his Catholic wife. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Vatican  • Tony Blair  • conversion  • communion

    • Pope Rips Christmas Materialism

      Associated Press  |  Dec 9, 07 12:36 PM CST

      Pope Rips Christmas Materialism

      (Newser) - Continuing the Vatican's battle against rampant consumerism on the occasion of Jesus' birthday, Pope Benedict XVI today blasted a pervasive "materialistic mentality" in "the way of living out and perceiving Christmas." The pontiff urged pilgrims gathered below his window on St. Peter's Square instead to "fill your hearts with redeeming hope," reports the AP. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Christmas  • Rome  • Pope John Paul II  • commercialism

    • Michelangelo Sketch Turns Up at Vatican

      BBC  |  Dec 7, 07 4:25 PM CST

      Michelangelo Sketch Turns Up at Vatican

      (Newser) - A red chalk drawing, possibly Michelangelo's last before his death at 88, has been found in a Vatican archive after nearly 500 years. The sketch is a plan for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, which Michelangelo was put in charge of in 1546, the BBC reports. A researcher "happened upon this little sketch, which he believes is by the hand of Michelangelo," the head of the archives told the AP. More »

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      art  • Vatican  • St. Peter's Basilica  • Michelangelo

  • November 2007

    • Vatican Offers Earthly Rewards

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 23, 07 6:35 AM CST

      Vatican Offers Earthly Rewards

      (Newser) - The Vatican is offering corporate-style performance bonuses to its workers for the first time, the Times of London reports. Pope Benedict XVI is offering rewards based on "dedication, professionalism, productivity and politeness." The conditions will apply to the thousands of lay workers who do everything from run Vatican Radio to repairing the Popemobile. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • bonuses  • Popemobile  • Vatican City

    • 950 Years Later, 2 Churches May Reunify

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 16, 07 12:26 PM CST

      950 Years Later, 2 Churches May Reunify

      (Newser) - Nearly a millennium after they split, the Catholic and Orthodox churches have published a joint document outlining first steps towards reunification. The Ravenna Document imagines a reunified church with the Pope at its head and proposes a new council composed of Catholic and Orthodox bishops that could formally end the schism of 1054, the London Times reports. More »

    • Pope to Shun Boston on US Visit

      Time  |  Nov 14, 07 7:52 AM CST

      Pope to Shun Boston on US Visit

      (Newser) - For his much-anticipated inaugural trip to the US this spring Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the White House, the United Nations, the site of the World Trade Center—but not Boston, where the Church sex abuse scandal first erupted. The omission of Boston from the papal tour has infuriated victims of priest sexual abuse, reports Time. More »

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      New York City  • United Nations  • White House  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Boston

    • Pope Will Visit US in April

      Washington Post  |  Nov 12, 07 1:10 PM CST

      Pope Will Visit US in April

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI will travel to the US in April, visiting the White House, Ground Zero, and the United Nations, the Washington Post reports. On his first trip to the country as pope, and the first papal visit since John Paul II's stop in St. Louis in 1999, he'll say Mass at Yankee Stadium and the Nationals’ new ballpark in Washington. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Yankee Stadium  • Ground Zero  • Pope John Paul II

    • Saudi King Meets the Pope

      BBC  |  Nov 6, 07 9:00 AM CST

      Saudi King Meets the Pope

      (Newser) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visited with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today—the first official meeting of any pope with a reigning Saudi monarch. The visit comes as relations are improving between the Vatican and the Muslim world, the BBC reports. Still, the pontiff was expected to press Abdullah on allowing Christians in Saudi Arabia to worship more freely. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • King Abdullah