Beatification sparks unholy row
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The last emperor of Austria, Karl I, will be beatified by Pope John Paul today amid fierce political and religious argument over how saintly he really was.
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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has drawn criticism within Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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The 19th-century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial scenes of Mel Gibson&#39;s hit movie, &quot;The Passion of the Christ,&quot; was beatified yesterday by Pope John Paul II.
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, joined the furor over Pope Benedict XVI's recent comments about Islam by criticizing the pontiff on Sunday.Comment
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The Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia law comments attract criticism from senior Anglicans.
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The Vatican held the biggest mass beatification in history on Sunday, putting nearly 500 Catholics killed during the Spanish civil war on the path to possible sainthood.
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VATICAN CITY, OCT. 3, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- Anna Katharina Emmerick, the newly beatified Augustinian nun, endured long physical sufferings.
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The Vatican held the biggest mass  beatification in history on Sunday, putting nearly 500  Catholics killed during the Spanish civil war on the path to  possible sainthood.
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Senior churchmen reacted angrily last night to a Madame Tussaudâs nativity tableau depicting Victoria and David Beckham as Mary and Joseph, calling it âa nativity stunt too farâ.
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Never one to shrink from  criticism, Pope John Paul is again putting controversial  figures on the road to sainthood, including Austria's last  emperor and a mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson's film on  Christ's passion.
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Rifts in the Anglican Communion appear to be growing in the wake of a church commission report that asks US Episcopalians to apologize for installing gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire last year.
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LORETO, Italy: Pope John Paul II yesterday beatified three members of an international lay Catholic movement at an huge open-air mass near the central Italian town of Loreto.
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Apparently, being the patron saint of Claynation isn't always   easy.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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The controversial waxwork nativity scene portraying David Beckham and his wife, ex-Spice Girl Victoria as Joseph and Virgin Mary, criticized by Church leaders as disrespectful, has become subject to vandalism.
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The Pope has revised a section of the old Latin liturgy that castigated the Jews. But it still calls for their conversion. Jewish leaders are up in arms
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The pastor who said the funeral Mass for Victoria ``Torie&#39;&#39; Snelgrove yesterday blasted the riotous acts of a rowdy post-Red Sox pennant crowd for the circumstances surrounding her all-too-soon death.