Pope urges Catholics in China to unify
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Pope Benedict XVI invited all Roman Catholics in China to unite under his jurisdiction Saturday and urged Beijing to restore diplomatic ties and permit religious freedom.
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The first state-appointed Chinese Catholic bishop for 50 years to have the Pope's approval is being consecrated.
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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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In his most significant address on China to date, Pope Benedict on Saturday decried state restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the Church and sow division among the country's Catholics.
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The top Catholic official on Chinese soil has lashed out at Beijing, saying the ordinations last year of three bishops without Vatican approval were illegitimate and "acts of war".
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Pope Benedict XVI sends a letter to China's Catholics in an effort to start a new dialogue with Beijing.
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Pope Benedict, leading the  Catholic Church&#39;s first &#39;eco-friendly&#39; youth rally, on Sunday  told up to half a million people that world leaders must make  courageous decisions to save the planet &quot;before it is too  late.&quot;
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Leaders across the Muslim world demanded Pope Benedict XVI apologize for his remarks on Islam and jihad, unmoved by the Vatican's assurances that he meant only to emphasize the incompatibility between faith and ...
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China installs a new bishop of Beijing, the first in over 50 years to have tacit approval from the Vatican.
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Vatican relations with the Islamic world must be restarted from square one because Muslims insist on misinterpreting Pope Benedict's recent comments on Islam, Germany's top Catholic cardinal said in an article on Wednesday.
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Pope Benedict and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians held a solemn prayer service together on Thursday and re-committed their Churches to the quest for unity to patch up a nearly 1,000-year-old schism.
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The Vatican accused China Saturday  of launching a fresh crackdown on Roman Catholics, upping the  ante in its war of words against the Communist state.
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Pope Benedict XVI made his most significant attempt to unite China's 12 million Catholics Saturday, urging the underground faithful and followers of the state-run church to overcome decades of animosity and distrust.
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Pope Benedict sends a letter to China's Catholics in an effort to start a new dialogue with Beijing.
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A Catholic leader in China reproached a Hong Kong cardinal for marching in a pro-democracy protest, saying such political activism is why Beijing is reluctant to let the Vatican appoint Chinese bishops, a report said Tuesday.
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Pope John Paul has told the world&#39;s one billion Roman Catholics that a troubled world needs the message of Jesus more than ever.
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Pope Benedict XVI focused on healing the rift between the once-united Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.