Icon revered by pope is returned to Russian Orthodox Church
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MOSCOW A Russian icon is back home after hanging for years in Pope John Paul&#39;s private chapel. The Vatican is returning the 18th century replica of the Mother of God of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
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Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy has hailed the return of a Russian icon thought &quot;lost forever&quot;, kissing a Catholic envoy dispatched to improve centuries of strained ties and possibly paving the way for a papal visit.
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The red-brick Orthodox Cathedral was completed in 1868. It is the work of the Russian architect and academician Alexei M. Gornostayev, and is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe.
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MOSCOW - A massive Russian church bell that hung for decades at Harvard was returned to a Moscow monastery yesterday, nearly 80 years after it and 17 others were rescued from Stalin's religious purges by a US industrialist.
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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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Pontiff blesses photograph of missing four-year-old.
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The drive by a revitalized Russian Orthodox Church to weave its tenets into the education system has prompted a backlash.
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A Vatican cardinal returns a precious Russian icon to the  Orthodox Church in Moscow as a gift from the Pope.
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Greece's top religious leader asked Pope Benedict on Thursday to return a piece of the Parthenon in the Vatican Museums, Greek officials said.
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Pope John Paul, attempting to mend relations with Orthodox Christians, on Saturday returned the remains of two of their most prominent saints 800 years after Crusaders snatched sacred relics from Constantinople.
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ITALY ROME -- The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians arrived in the Italian capital last night, ahead of a Vatican ceremony for the return of two saints' relics that were taken to Rome centuries ago. Pope John Paul II will give the relics of Patriarchs John Chrysostom and Gregory Nazianzen to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at a ceremony ...
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Pope John Paul II was back at the Vatican on Friday after overcoming breathing problems that required emergency hospitalization and left many wondering how he would continue in his papacy with such frail health.
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Moscow plans to erect a new statue of  Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, returning his once-ubiquitous  image to its streets after an absence of four decades, a top  city official said Wednesday.
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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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In an unexpected about-face, Pope Benedict will restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it.
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VATICAN CITY -- Returning to the world's most storied pulpit for the first time since his hospitalization, Pope John Paul II addressed a sea of worshipers yesterday from his studio on St. Peter's Square and gave with his presence what no cardinal's words could deliver: a strong assurance that he is on the rebound.
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Pope John Paul II greeted the faithful Sunday from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, returning to the world's most famous pulpit for the first time since a health crisis led to his emergency hospitalization.