How to Lobby the Pope
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A papal endorsement is priceless for an international march against hunger. But getting access is the key to making it happen
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Employees of the state body that  organizes Muslim worship in Turkey asked the authorities on  Tuesday to open legal proceedings against Pope Benedict and to  arrest him when he visits the country in November.
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Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher asked the pontiff Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to publicly declare repentance and express solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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By VICTOR L. SIMPSON  VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI's personal priest asked the pontiff on Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to express the Roman Catholic Church's solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.  In a strongly worded lecture, the Rev.
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ISTANBUL -- A poster of a pig with the face of Pope Benedict XVI plastered to its head and a cross painted on its pink belly hinted at the fierce reception the pontiff could face in Turkey tomorrow when he kicks off his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 30, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- John Paul II encouraged the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches when he received Romanian President Ion Iliescu in audience.
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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.
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Pope Benedict XVI is meeting at this hour with ambassadors from Muslim nations and other Islamic leaders at his summer residence in an effort to repair relations following controversial comments he made earlier in the month. About 20 ambassadors are attending the meeting.
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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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Pope John Paul II is planning to make a pilgrimage to Poland, the land of his birth, in June if his health permits it, Polandâs primate was quoted as saying yesterday after returning from a visit to the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict has decided to keep limbo in limbo a little longer.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing a new pope, returning to the traditional requirement that two-thirds of the cardinals in the conclave agree on a new pontiff, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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Pope Benedict  joined a chorus of Polish calls urging quick sainthood for his  predecessor John Paul, saying he hoped the Catholic Church  would soon bestow the honor on its favorite son.
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The only man allowed to preach to Pope Benedict on Friday told the Pontiff he should call a worldwide day of fasting and penitence to ask forgiveness for the Roman Catholic Church's priestly sexual abuse scandals.
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The row over Italian commissioner Rocco Buttiglione highlights the Vatican's struggle for influence in Europe.
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There&#39;s got to be a better way of spreading the word of God -- or whatever it is former Catholic priest Cornelius Horan is trying to do -- than wrecking sports events.