China Church hails Pope letter
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A member of China's state-run Catholic Church welcomes the Pope's message but Beijing is less positive.
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VATICAN CITY, June 30 -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday made his most significant attempt to unite millions of Chinese Catholics, urging the underground faithful and followers of the state-run church to overcome decades of animosity and distrust.
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Pope John Paul II praised Portugal's visiting president Friday for his nation's conservative Catholicism, saying it could inspire hope amid a "grave crisis" in modern values.
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ATICAN CITY, DEC. 14, 2004 .- John Paul II thanked Joaquin Navarro Valls personally for his 20 years of service as director of the Press Office of the Holy See.
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Pope John Paul, aiming to improve ties with Russia&#39;s Orthodox Church and possibly pave the way for a papal trip, has sent an icon dear to Russians on its way back to Moscow after nearly a century in the West.
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New Catholic bishop of Beijing understood to have informal blessing of Pope and replaces fervent anti-papist.
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China's state-controlled Catholic Church installed a cleric well-regarded by the Vatican as bishop of Beijing on Friday in a move that officials say should help ease their tense relations.
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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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Pope Benedict on Saturday called on China to lift restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the Church and sow divisions among Catholics, in his most significant address on China to date.
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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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Turkey on Wednesday praised the  conciliatory tone of Pope Benedict during his visit to the  predominantly Muslim country and his apparent new support for  Ankara's bid to join the European Union.
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In an attempt to reunify Chinese Catholics, Benedict XVI sends a conciliatory letter to believers in the People's Republic
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ASIA/CINA - Le vocazioni alla vita consacrata fioriscono nel mondo cinese Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - Le vocazioni alla vita consacrata fioriscono in tutto il mondo cinese, sia nelle congregazioni internazionali che in quelle diocesane. Secondo le informazioni raccolte dallÂAgenzia Fides, 13 religiose Francescane Missionarie...
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ASIA/CINA - I giovani cinesi chiedono una piÃ¹ solida formazione nella fede per capire meglio la Lettera del Papa e vivere una vita cristiana autentica Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - ÂAmore e VeritÃ  sono due termini che mi hanno colpito fortemente durante la lettura della Lettera del Papa. Non ci resta che ripetere: grazie, Santo Padre!Â. Ancora emozionato, un giovane di Pechino che desidera restare anon...
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ASIA/CINA - Mons. Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong,Vescovo di Xuanhua, tenace costruttore dellÂunitÃ  della Chiesa, prima di morire stava studiando la Lettera di Papa Benedetto XVI alla Chiesa in Cina Xuanhua (Agenzia Fides) - Il 13 luglio Ã¨ deceduto, dopo anni di sofferenza per problemi cardiaci e un forte diabete, Sua Ecc. Mons. Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong,Vescovo di Xuanhua  nella provincia di Hebei (Cina Continentale). Il Presule, che stava p...
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Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday praised an Italian nun for pardoning her killers as she lay dying from an attack that was may have been linked to Muslim anger over his remarks about Islam and violence.
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Major newspapers in the world all praised China&#39;s completion of &quot;smooth and orderly&quot; transfer of power to a younger generation over the weekend.