"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
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A 27-year-old German man described by the Vatican as "clearly deranged" leaped over a barricade on Wednesday and tried to jump on to Pope Benedict's open-topped jeep.
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The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday and the Vatican demanded his quick release and deplored what it branded an act of terrorism.
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The man who tried to kill Pope John   Paul II in 1981 has warned the current Pope not to visit   Turkey, saying his life would be in danger, his lawyer said on   Wednesday.
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An American was attacked in western Germany by a man who shouted "Heil Hitler," police said Thursday.
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A person tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's popemobile during his general audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers.
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Pressure is growing on Pope Benedict XVI to issue a personal apology when he makes his first public appearance following a speech on Islam that enraged Muslims around the world.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict hopes his   homecoming this weekend to the Catholic heartland of Bavaria   will revive faith in Germany as more than half a million   pilgrims prepare to welcome him.
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The man who disrupted the men's marathon at the Athens Olympics was defrocked as a Roman Catholic priest Thursday.
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The Nazi commander in Rome warned Pope Pius XII in 1944 of a plan by Adolf Hitler to abduct the pontiff, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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A German archbishop sparks anger by calling modern art "degenerate" - a term used by Nazis in persecuting artists.
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Pope Benedict tried on Sunday to calm   Muslim anger at his remarks on Islam, saying he was "deeply   sorry" about the reaction and that medieval quotes he used on   holy war did not reflect his personal views.
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A possible visit to Germany by Donald Rumsfeld may be at risk over a move to indict him there for war crimes.
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A man tried to jump into the back of the open-air vehicle carrying Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on Wednesday before being wrestled to the ground.
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German-born Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the painful wounds inflicted on Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II as he embarked on a visit to the homeland of his predecessor, Polish-born John Paul II.
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BRINDISI, Italy -- A Turkish hijacker seeking to communicate with Pope Benedict XVI seized an airliner flying from Albania to Istanbul yesterday and diverted it to Italy before surrendering.
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The Pope tells an actor that he is "crazy" to portray him in a television drama about his life.
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Vatican relations with the Islamic world must be restarted from square one because Muslims insist on misinterpreting Pope Benedict's recent comments on Islam, Germany's top Catholic cardinal said in an article on Wednesday.