Hitler plot to kidnap the pope revealed
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Weeks before Nazi troops abandoned Rome, Adolf Hitler personally ordered the SS to kidnap the then pope so he could be brought back to Germany and locked up in a castle, according to previously unpublished ...
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If confirmed, the plot's use of kidnapping would amount to a significant departure in strategy.
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A 1938 diary written near the end of Pope Pius XI's papacy confirms his opposition to fascism was hardening as the outbreak of World War II grew closer, a historian said Tuesday after examining documents in the Vatican's just-opened secret archives.
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A regional branch of one of Germany&#39;s  main political parties is planning a legal bid to have Adolf  Hitler posthumously stripped of his German citizenship.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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Priests working in the Vatican for Poland's secret services during the communist era spied extensively on Pope John Paul II, a Polish cardinal was quoted as saying Tuesday.
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VATICAN CITY -- A German man jumped a security barrier and grabbed the back of Pope Benedict XVI's open popemobile before being swarmed by security guards yesterday -- reviving a debate over whether the pontiff needs stronger protection during his public audiences.
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Britain made repeated efforts to free Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's one-time deputy, from Spandau prison but each time were thwarted by the Russians, show newly released documents on the internment of Adolf ...
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Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to secularism has been met with receptivity during his German visit.
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Pope Benedict XVI set off Saturday for a six-day homecoming pilgrimage to southern Germany that will include a visit to the town where he was born.
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The Hitler of the film is almost a heroic figure who refuses to flee or capitulate. A new film about Hitler&#39;s last days is a conventional human drama that is dividing German opinion, writes Mark Landler.
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A rare glimpse into Adolf Hitler engaged in conversation is back by popular demand.
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Evidence has emerged suggesting France's interior minister was aware of an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Benedict XVI has been known to say incendiary things when out on tour. Vatican officials are hoping for a quiet pilgrimage to Vienna
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A British documentary claimed that Pope Benedict XVI was implicated in the systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Catholic priests.
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A new film, which portrays the human side of Adolf Hitler, is causing controversy in Germany.
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When the pope called with a delicate request, Paris Archbishop Jean-Marie Lustiger hesitated at first. Pope John Paul II wanted Lustiger to represent him at ceremonies to mark the liberation of Auschwitz.