Will the New "Black Pope" Work?
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The Jesuits elect a little-known priest to lead one of the most powerful organizations in the Roman Catholic Church
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ISTANBUL, Sep 17 (IPS) - In another attempt to mollify the Islamic world  following apologies from the Vatican earlier, Pope Benedict XVI  personally intervened during his Angelus, the traditional Sunday  noon blessing, to reject any anti-Islam sentiment, and appeal for  dialogue.
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ISTANBUL -- A poster of a pig with the face of Pope Benedict XVI plastered to its head and a cross painted on its pink belly hinted at the fierce reception the pontiff could face in Turkey tomorrow when he kicks off his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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Pope Benedict XVI's renewed apology for remarks he made on Islam has received a mixed response. Will his apology quell the anger?
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Pope Benedict XVI is to issue a decree Saturday allowing greater use of the traditional Latin Mass, part of his efforts to reconcile with followers of an ultratraditional excommunicated bishop and bring them back into the Vatican's fold.
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Have trouble seeing the pope from the back row of a crowd of approximately 900,000 people?
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New penalties against Sudan &#151; check. More dollars to fight AIDS in Africa &#151; check. A respected internationalist to lead the World Bank &#151; check. Friendly words about tackling global warming &#151; check.
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Donna Zovko has sought answers for her son since he was mutilated in Iraq in 2004. The devout Catholic told CNN.com she'd be willing to trade in a meeting with the pope to meet her son's boss. Now, Blackwater chairman Erik Prince says he'll give her that opportunity.
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Can the Archbishop of Canterbury lead his flock back from the brink of a rancorous schism over homosexuality?
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Who is really running the show at the Vatican?
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Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Kazimierz Nycz the new archbishop of Warsaw, the Polish Episcopate said Saturday, filling a post left open when his predecessor resigned after admitting to ties with the ...Comment
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The Pope is expected to abolish the state of limbo for babies that die before baptism. Send us your views.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI is to issue a decree tomorrow allowing greater use of the traditional Latin Mass, part of his efforts to reconcile with followers of an ultratraditional excommunicated bishop and bring them back into the Vatican's fold.
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Never one to shrink from  criticism, Pope John Paul is again putting controversial  figures on the road to sainthood, including Austria's last  emperor and a mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson's film on  Christ's passion.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--BATON -- The Rev. Clifton Black thought a message about coping with change was most appropriate for today's sermon.
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POPE Benedict XVI has named Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop in northern Poland, to succeed Cardinal Jozef Glemp as archbishop of Warsaw, a spokesman for the Polish episcopacy announced today.Comment
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Pope John Paul's health is  improving and he hopes to be strong enough to make his weekly  address as usual Sunday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said  Friday.