Pope Benedict Stays Lofty in Austria
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But he may need to grapple again, and more diplomatically, with world affairs
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Church bells pealed across Munich as Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a six-day homecoming to his native Bavaria in the city where he served as priest and archbishop more than a quarter-century ago.
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VIENNA, Austria An influential Roman Catholic lay organization in Austria says it's relieved that a bishop is resigning.
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Pope Benedict XVI speaks emotionally at the start of a six-day visit to his Bavarian homeland in south Germany.
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"The wind has spoken for itself"  Pope Benedict XVI, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Austria on Sunday by reminding Europeans of their Christian heritage as they grapple with immigration and Islam.Bereft of huge throngs of adoring pilgrims such as the 1 million Brazilians who turned out to see him in May, the German-born pontiff appealed to far smaller gatherings of believers in mostly Catholic Austria not to discard their faith.In a farewell speech, he urged Austrians 'to bring the traditional values of the continent _ values shaped by the Christian faith _ to European institutions.' Read more
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Pope Benedict XVI set off Sunday 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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Pope Benedict XVI approved recognition of martyrdom for an Austrian who was beheaded by the Nazis for refusing to serve in Hitler's army, a step toward possible sainthood.
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On his way to his birthplace in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI tried to give a positive outlook to the faithful in his homeland
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Pope Benedict XVI began a four-day visit to Poland to a welcome less exuberant than that given to his Polish-born predecessor John Paul II and some disappointment among the country&#039;s Jewish community.
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He may be the pope's big brother, but the Rev. Georg Ratzinger says he does not offer Benedict XVI advice.
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ISTANBUL -- Under a bright morning sun near the Aegean Sea coast, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass yesterday outside the ancient stones that some believe were once the home of the Virgin Mary.
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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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A larger-than-life image of Pope Benedict XVI beams down at passers-by from billboards around Vienna. But few Austrians are smiling back.
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REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict held an open   air mass on Tuesday in the town where he had hoped to spend his   retirement and rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred   and fanaticism.
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Pope Benedict takes a trip down  memory lane this weekend, going home to his roots in Germany's  Catholic heartland of Bavaria to visit the places that  influenced him as a young man.
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Greeted by a thunderous chorus of church bells, Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to his native Bavaria on Saturday, a six-day visit laden with meaning for him and the future of his increasingly liberal Roman Catholic flock in Germany.
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Pope Benedict XVI, an admittedly reluctant traveler, begins a six-day homecoming pilgrimage to southern Germany on Saturday, retracing his roots in Bavaria.