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Pope Benedict XVI stories: 191 news summaries

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 Cardinals Slam 
 Isolated Pope's 
 'Errors' 

Recent decisions fuel rare discord

Feb 22, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - In an unusual public display of church disharmony, cardinals are pushing back against the pope for being out of touch as controversies swirl over recent decisions, the Times of London reports. The pope spends too much of his day in solitude with his books, critics charge. “People feel that... More »

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(AP) - A 19th-century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii will be declared a saint October 11, the AP reports. In July, Pope Benedict XVI approved a miracle attributed to Rev. Damien de Veuster's intercession, declaring that a Honolulu woman's recovery in 1999 from terminal lung cancer was the... More »

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(Newser) - Maybe the Vatican has an extra room. Argentina today ordered the Holocaust-denying Catholic bishop to leave the country in 10 days, the Times of London reports. Bishop Richard Williamson triggered an international outcry when he made his claims about the Holocaust in a TV interview, then got accepted back into... More »

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 Pope Scolds Pelosi on Abortion 

Pelosi aides, Vatican have differing take on meeting

Feb 18, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict didn't beat around the bush in his short meeting with Nancy Pelosi today. He lectured the Catholic House speaker about her liberal views on abortion and assisted suicide, the Vatican says. Pelosi's aides, however, focused on brighter moments: She showed the pontiff photos of her grandkids and discussed... More »

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 Pope to Meet 
 With Pro-Choice Pelosi 

Vatican grants audience to pro-choice House speaker as a politician rather than as a Catholic

Feb 17, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow, the Hill reports. Pelosi, who describes herself as an "ardent Catholic" but holds views on reproductive rights firmly at odds with the Vatican's position, is on an eight-day official trip to Italy. Vatican officials made... More »

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 Pope to Visit Israel in May 

Papal trip comes as relations tense between Vatican, Israel

Feb 15, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Israel this May amid diplomatic tensions between the Vatican and the Jewish state, the New York Times reports. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed the visit today after the pontiff hinted at a trip last week. “We very much hope that the visit will be... More »

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Pope Calls Holocaust Denial 'Intolerable'

Pontiff tries to smooth over controversy in meeting with Jews

Feb 12, 09 7:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI told a group of American Jewish leaders today that any denial of the reality of the Holocaust is "intolerable," particularly from a member of the clergy. The pope said he was unaware that Bishop Richard Williamson, whose excommunication he lifted, had denied the full... More »

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Bishop Will 'Look Into' Holocaust Record

Williamson yield after d

Feb 9, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure to recant his Holocaust denial, Bishop Richard Williamson promises to crack open the history books. “Historical evidence is at issue, not emotions," he told Der Spiegel. "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time." Williamson said his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • excommunication • Auschwitz • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X • Richard Williamson • denial • Leuchter report

 Seminary 
 Axes 
 Holocaust 
 Denier 

Conservative society sacks bishop reinstated by pope

Feb 9, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Holocaust-denying bishop embroiled in controversy since Pope Benedict lifted his excommunication has been booted from his Argentine seminary, the Independent reports. Richard Williamson's ultra-conservative sect sacked him as seminary director as the Vatican increased pressure on the bishop to recant his controversial statements that Jews were not gassed during... More »

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Pope: Don't
End Comatose Woman's Life

Joins PM Berlusconi
in fighting Italian
Terry Schiavo case

Feb 7, 09 9:31 AM CST
(AP) - Pope Benedict today waded into a fiercely debated right-to-die case in Italy, affirming the "absolute and supreme" need to protect life even when "weak and shrouded in the mystery of suffering." The pontiff's last-minute intervention in the case of a woman who has been in a coma... More »

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OPINION

Pope's German Honeymoon
Is Kaput

Bungling over rebel bishop squandered nation's pride in pontiff

Feb 5, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The first German pope in nearly 500 years has lost the confidence of Germans as swiftly as a collapsing mortgage lender, Alexander Smoltcyzk writes in Der Spiegel. The scandal surrounding the reinstatement of Holocaust denying Bishop Richard Williamson has done lasting damage to the pope's authority and reputation, replacing the... More »

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Pope's Bro to Merkel: Chill Out

Ratzinger says German leader's call for pontiff to clarify Holocaust stance is 'irrational'

Feb 4, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The pope’s brother today criticized Angela Merkel for demanding that Benedict XVI restate his views on the Holocaust amid the controversy over a reinstated priest, the Times of London reports. “I always saw her as a rational woman,” Georg Ratzinger—himself a Catholic priest—said of the... More »

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(Newser) - The Vatican has demanded that Bishop Richard Williamson, a Holocaust denier who was recently un-excommunicated, recant his views in order to serve in the Catholic Church, the BBC reports. Williamson was excommunicated 20 years ago for a separate transgression. The Church said the pope was unaware of his contrarian stance... More »

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Cardinals Blast Pope on Holocaust Denier

Decision to re-instate bishop a 'disaster'
says Germany's top cardinal

Feb 4, 09 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XIV's reinstatement of a Holocaust-denying bishop has received some unusually harsh criticism from within the church, the Guardian reports. Germany's top-ranking cardinal has labeled the decision "a disaster" and called for the Pope to apologize. Cardinal Walter Kasper, who oversees the Vatican's relations with Judaism, says the... More »

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Pope Names Bishop Who Lauded 'Punishing' Katrina

Hurricane destroyed nightclubs, abortion clinic, notes pleased Austrian

Feb 2, 09 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Days after welcoming back to the church a bishop who denies the Holocaust existed, Pope Benedict has sparked controversy again for promoting a controversial Austrian ultra-conservative cleric. Gerhard Maria Wagner claims the Harry Potter series spreads satanism and that Hurricane Katrina was punishment for New Orleans' lax morals. More »

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Israeli Rabbis Cut Off Vatican Over Holocaust Dispute

Pope attempts to smooth ties with conciliatory remarks

Jan 28, 09 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s senior rabbinical body has severed ties with the Vatican, saying Bishop Richard Williamson should recant his statements denying that millions of Jews were "deliberately gassed" during the Holocaust. The chief rabbinate expressed “sorrow and pain” at the decision, which follows worldwide outrage among Jews and progressive... More »

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Jews Rip Pope for Reinstating Holocaust Denier

Pope's reinstatement of controversial leader threatens Jewish-Catholic relations

Jan 25, 09 5:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Jews across the globe are reacting with fury to Pope Benedict XVI's reinstatement of an excommunicated bishop who denies the Holocaust, the Guardian reports. Former British bishop Richard Williamson, excommunicated in 1988 for his membership in an extremist Catholic sect and defiance of church authority, claims that no Jews died... More »

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Pope Benedict Makes His YouTube Debut

Vatican begins
series of weekly
video updates

Jan 23, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI began his planned series of YouTube video releases today. The pope’s official channel already includes clips from the Vatican media service, and will later offer weekly updates featuring Benedict’s meetings with dignitaries, papal audiences, and recordings of daily events, reports the Italian news agency ANSA.... More »

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Pope to Reinstate Bishop Who Denies Holocaust

Hardliner rejected Vatican reforms for being too tolerant of other faiths

Jan 23, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is planning to welcome four rebel bishops excommunicated by his predecessor back to the Catholic Church, reports the Times of London. The ultra-conservative bishops reject the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council. One of them, Richard Williamson, openly endorses the anti-semitic tract Protocols of the Elders ... More »

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 Vatican Goes 
 Viral With 
 YouTube 
 Channel 

Viewers can watch Pope and church events

Jan 17, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican is teaming with Google to get more tech-savvy: It will soon have its own YouTube channel, Reuters reports. Visitors to the page will have a front-row seat to church events and papal appearances. More details will emerge at a Friday press conference with Vatican leaders and a Google... More »

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