Pope opposed Bob Dylan singing to John Paul in 1997
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Pope Benedict was opposed to Bob  Dylan appearing at a youth event with the late Pope John Paul  in 1997 because he considered the pop star the wrong kind of  "prophet," Benedict writes in a new book issued on Thursday.
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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has sparked criticism within both Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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ROME -- Pope Pius XII ordered the church in France not to return Jewish children to their parents if they had been baptized into the Catholic faith to save them from the Nazis, according to a 1946 letter obtained by a historian.
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He spoke for a generation when he sang "The times they are a-changin"' in 1964 and it all came true. But Bob Dylan says he's no prophet.
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Colin Riley has gone obediently to Mass since boyhood, but he was mumbling apologies for raw words the other day to a statue of Jesus in the quiet sanctuary of St. Albert the Great. He was seething over efforts to close his church and others around Boston.
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A frail Pope John Paul II yesterday said that "there is no greater freedom than that of love" for Christ, "no greater brotherhood than that born from Christ's cross." The Pope spoke as he put three more Roman ...
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ATICAN CITY, JAN. 17, 2005 .- John Paul II invited Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and his wife Franca to lunch Sunday, after the Pope prayed the Angelus with the crowds gathered in St.
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Pope John Paul II kept up his campaign against gay marriage Saturday, telling the ambassador from Canada &#151; where some provinces allow same-sex couples to wed &#151; that such unions create a "false understanding" of marriage.
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Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, was handed an award inducting him into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Minutes later the reluctant recipient joked that he was tempted to hand it back.
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VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul says the attacks on family values are growing more radical each day. The pope&#39;s targets in a Saturday speech to Italian family groups included initiatives he says &quot;confuse individual
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Bob Dylan's songs may have spoken for a generation in the 1960s, but the music legend says he's not a prophet or a savior.
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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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Elton John criticized Madonna by publicly accusing the pop diva of lip-synching during her recent re-Invention Tour, E! Online reported Tuesday.
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Pope John Paul, reflecting Vatican disappointment that Italy&#39;s nominee had to step down from the EU executive because of his religious beliefs, has repeated his call for Europe to remember its Christian roots.
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The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized Friday that Pope John Paul II is not welcome in Russia, reiterating that an icon the pontiff once hoped to return personally in a conciliatory gesture is a copy of a revered 16th-century work.
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Pope Benedict XVI tells pilgrims at the Vatican that his remarks on Islam last week were misunderstood.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry turned the Bible against born-again Methodist President George W. Bush, arguing that his policies ran counter to America's moral foundation.