Pope 'may visit Northern Ireland'
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The elevation of Sean Brady to cardinal indicates the pope wants to visit NI, a leading clergyman says.
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British government officials pleaded behind the scenes yesterday for Northern Ireland Protestant leader Ian Paisley to accept a post as head of a coalition with Catholics. Paisley, who has built his career on opposing compromise with Catholics, offered no indication that his Democratic Unionist Party would support his nomination today, the government's deadline for a breakthrough ...
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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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LEEDS CASTLE, England Sept. 16, 2004 - Northern Ireland&#39;s rival politicians face &quot;a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair
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The Roman Catholic Church will celebrate St. Patrick's Day two days early next year in Ireland, to avoid a conflict with observances for an exceptionally early Holy Week.
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Pope Benedict XVI is due to begin a four-day visit to Turkey, amid protests against recent comments about Islam.
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The Catholic Church is considering the future of a priest jailed for helping a paedophile groom a child.
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Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair will  meet Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Saturday to prepare to  convert to Roman Catholicism, British newspapers reported on  Friday.
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"It can be confirmed that Tony Blair has been received into full communion with the Catholic church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor"  In this photo made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets with outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a private audience at the Vatican in this June 23, 2007 ... via KansasCity.com
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Pope Benedict sets off on Tuesday on one of the most delicate trips by a Pontiff, visiting Turkey, where resentment is seething over his comments on Islam and opposition to Ankara's EU bid.
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The First Minister Alex Salmond is to travel to Belfast for talks with Northern Ireland's political leaders.
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LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday dismissed speculation that he intends to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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A senior official in China's state-sanctioned Catholic Church said in comments published Tuesday that he would like Pope Benedict XVI to visit China.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are are expected to attend an open-air mass today when Pope John Paul II visits the marian shrine in Loreto, about 125 miles northeast of Rome.
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Pope Benedict XVI calls for a dialogue between Muslims and Christians as he starts a four-day visit to Turkey.
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Pope Benedict left on Tuesday for a delicate four-day trip to Turkey, saying his visit would be an opportunity for reconciliation and dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
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Pope Benedict XVI plans to travel to the United States in the spring to address the United Nations, but other possible U.S. stops haven't yet been confirmed, the Vatican said Wednesday.