Pope Beatifies Austria&#39;s Last Emperor, 4 Others
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Pope John Paul beatified the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and four European nuns and clerics Sunday in an open-air ceremony at St.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict, continuing a   nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as   archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to   draw hundreds of thousands of people.
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LORETO, Italy: Pope John Paul II yesterday beatified three members of an international lay Catholic movement at an huge open-air mass near the central Italian town of Loreto.
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Cardinal Clemens August von Galen, a wartime German cleric who openly criticised the Nazis and their euthanasia killings, is set to be put on the path to Roman Catholic sainthood by Pope John Paul next year.
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EUROPA/AUSTRIA - ÂUn solo attimo con Missio Âguardare Cristo, aprire il cuore e donare amoreÂ: le Pontificie Opere Missionarie dellÂAustria salutano Papa Benedetto XVI e rilanciano in questa occasione i programmi di aiuto per gli ex bambini soldato dellÂUganda Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Con un rinnovato sito (www.missio.at), un breve video-clip che sarÃ  trasmesso venerdÃ¬ 7 settembre nella cornice della visita del Papa e una campagna di manifesti, di cui 400 sono affissi dal 30 agosto in tutta la capitale aus...
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass for 30,000 people at the 850-year-old shrine of Mariazell in Austria.
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EUROPA/AUSTRIA - Il Direttore nazionale delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie, P. Leo Maasburg, accompagnatore e confessore di Madre Teresa di Calcutta, ricorda la Beata alla radio austriaca: Âsi Ã¨ rivolta a tutti quelli che incontrava con la stessa attenzione, la stessa cura, lo stesso rispetto e lo stesso amoreÂ Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Il 5 settembre ricorre il 10.mo anniversario della morte di Madre Teresa di Calcutta, beatificata da Papa Giovanni Paolo II a soli 6 anni dalla morte, il 19 ottobre 2003. Unico membro non appartenente alla congregazione fonda...
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Who deserves to be a saint? The question is a source of great debate among Catholics. On Sunday, Charles I of Austria will be beatified at the Vatican, while an angry dispute erupts over his historic role at home.
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Advancing the sainthood causes of five Europeans, Pope John Paul II beatified the last Hapsburg emperor and the nun whose visions inspired Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ." The pope said Blessed ...
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In a Sept. 28 story on the Vatican's plans to beatify Karl I, Austria's last reigning emperor, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Karl abdicated at the end of World War I. The emperor was forced into exile, but he never formally abdicated.
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"With this letter, I wanted to express both my deep spiritual affection for all Catholics in China and a cordial esteem for the Chinese people"  Pope Benedict XVI and French President Nicolas Sarkozy exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican Thursday, Dec. via The Macon Telegraph
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Pope Benedict XVI has put Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary during apparitions in 1917, on a fast-track to possible sainthood, the Vatican said Wednesday.
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"The wind has spoken for itself"  Pope Benedict XVI, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Austria on Sunday by reminding Europeans of their Christian heritage as they grapple with immigration and Islam.Bereft of huge throngs of adoring pilgrims such as the 1 million Brazilians who turned out to see him in May, the German-born pontiff appealed to far smaller gatherings of believers in mostly Catholic Austria not to discard their faith.In a farewell speech, he urged Austrians 'to bring the traditional values of the continent _ values shaped by the Christian faith _ to European institutions.' Read more
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LORETO, Italy -- A frail Pope John Paul II put three more Roman Catholics on the road to sainthood during a visit to a hilltop shrine yesterday, struggling at times but cheered on by 200,000 pilgrims.
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Pope Benedict XVI named four new saints Sunday from France, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square attended by several heads of state and thousands of faithful.The presidents of Ireland, Malta, Poland and the Philippines attended the canonization Mass for the three priests and a nun, whom Benedict praised as models for Catholics to emulate.'Let us be attracted by their example, let us be guided by their teachings,' he told the crowd, which filled St. Peter's Square for the two-hour Mass despite rain. Read more
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A life-sized Nativity scene is seen in front of the obelisk and near the Christmas tree in St. Peter&#39;s Square at the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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The sudden hospitalization of Pope  John Paul was another reminder, if any were needed, that one of  the longest and most event-studded pontificates in history may  be coming to a close.