&#39;Passion&#39; Source Named New Roman Catholic Saint
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Description: NPR&#39;s John Ydstie talks with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter, about Sunday&#39;s beatification ceremony for five new Catholic saints.
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St. Isidore of Seville is acclaimed as the patron saint of the Internet, and on sunny days, a stained-glass window of his likeness radiates its glow onto Boston College's Data Center .
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Pope Benedict has given his  backing to Beijing&#39;s new state-approved Catholic bishop, the  official Vatican newspaper L&#39;Osservatore Romano said on Friday,  hours after Li Shan was installed in the Chinese capital.
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By Lisa Crutchfield, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 23--U2's "Gloria" poured from the speakers. The pews were packed.   And the newly consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia was pumped.
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Pope John Paul has declared two controversial figures blessed - the last stage of beatification before sainthood. One of them is Emperor Karl of Austria, a devout Catholic, who has been criticised for authorising
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The pope on Wednesday named a Hong Kong bishop to eventually succeed Cardinal Joseph Zen, the leading proponent for religious freedom in China.
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Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger emerges as a top papal candidate
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The Vatican issues new guidelines on the creation of saints to make the process more rigorous.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday named Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop with a spotless record, as archbishop of Warsaw to replace a prelate who resigned in disgrace after admitting he spied for the communist police.
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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of Italy, a longtime aide to Pope Benedict XVI and the first major church official to speak out against &quot;The Da Vinci Code,&quot; was appointed Thursday as secretary of state, the Vatican&#039;s No. 2 official.
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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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The 19th century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial scenes of Mel Gibson&#39;s hit movie, The Passion of the Christ, was beatified on Sunday by Pope John Paul II.
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The former prime minister has converted to Roman Catholicism, sources close to him said today
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Pope Benedict XVI is to canonise a new saint for Ireland in a ceremony at St Peter's Square on Sunday.
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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 ...
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LONDON, Aug 21 (IPS) - A new missive on women from the Vatican followed   by a strong response to it has brought new spark to an old  debate.