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  • February 2008

    • Pope Fans Rush for Tour Tickets

      USA Today  |  Feb 26, 08 9:03 AM CST

      Pope Fans Rush for Tour Tickets

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI will be making his first visit to the US in April, and tickets for two super masses are in high demand, USA Today reports. Ticket requests for the masses at Yankee Stadium and Washington's National Park stadium are already more than double the number of seats available. Every Catholic archdiocese in the country has received a free ticket allotment to distribute to the faithful. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Catholicism  • Catholics

    • 'Saint Factory' Slows Down Production

      BBC  |  Feb 19, 08 11:57 AM CST

      'Saint Factory' Slows Down Production

      (Newser) - The Vatican is moving to slow traffic on the road to sainthood, the BBC reports. Critics accused the Vatican of becoming a "saint factory" under the late Pope John Paul II, who created more saints than all his predecessors combined. The new, more rigorous guidelines under Benedict XVI require candidates to have "a true reputation for holiness." More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Pope John Paul II  • sainthood  • beatification

    • Pope Appeals for Lebanon Peace

      Associated Press  |  Feb 17, 08 11:40 AM CST

      Pope Appeals for Lebanon Peace

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern today over the escalating tensions in Lebanon, calling on its people to find a “president for all Lebanese” to end the months of infighting that have stalled elections. After his noontime blessing, the pontiff told the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square that he was troubled by the country’s newly routine clashes, the AP reports. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Lebanon  • Beirut  • parliament  • St. Peter's Square  • Lebanese presidential elections

    • Jews Outraged at Vatican Prayer

      Time  |  Feb 8, 08 4:15 AM CST

      Jews Outraged at Vatican Prayer

      (Newser) - An updated version of a centuries-old Good Friday prayer has opened a rift between Roman Catholics and Jews. When Pope Benedict XVI reinstated the Latin mass, the Vatican promised to rewrite a controversial prayer calling for the conversion of Jews. But the new, merely toned-down version has infuriated Jewish leaders and threatens to set back decades of reconciliation between the faiths, reports Time . More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Jews  • Roman Catholicism  • Riccardo Di Segni

  • 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

    • Angry Students Block Pope Visit

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 16, 08 4:31 AM CST

      Angry Students Block Pope Visit

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI has scrapped plans to speak at a prestigious Italian university after unprecedented protests by furious students and professors who accused him of justifying Galileo's trial and "affronting" people of science, the Los Angeles Times reports. The pope once described as "reasonable" the 400-year-old heresy trial of Galileo, and Benedict's negative take on science now extends to issues like stem cell research and evolution, critics charge. More »

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      Italy  • science  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • evolution  • stem cell research  • Galileo

    • 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 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

  • November 2007

    • Pope Condemns Atheism

      Reuters  |  Nov 30, 07 3:20 PM CST

      Pope Condemns Atheism

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict issued a strong condemnation of atheism today and warned that advances in technology must be met with similar advancements in ethics. In his second encyclical, the pope said atheist ideologies have "led to the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice," Reuters reports. "Man needs God," he wrote. "Otherwise he remains without hope." More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Marxism  • atheism  • encyclical

    • 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 »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Orthodox Christianity

    • 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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