"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
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A 27-year-old German man described by the Vatican as "clearly deranged" leaped over a barricade on Wednesday and tried to jump on to Pope Benedict's open-topped jeep.
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Pope Benedict XVI is "extremely upset" that Muslims have been offended by some of his words in a recent speech in Germany, the Vatican said Saturday.
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BERLIN - A German cardinal has sparked outrage by warning that modern culture is at risk of descending into "degeneracy," a term that is strongly connected with the persecution of artists by the Nazis.
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By Tom ArmitageBERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended Pope Benedict on Saturday against allegations that he had attacked Islam as worldwide Muslim fury continued over a speech he made earlier this ...
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German-born Pope Benedict XVI walked alone under the infamous &amp;quot;Arbeit Macht Frei&amp;quot; gate at the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau as he began a poignant visit to the site where Hitler&#039;s Germany killed 1.1 million people in World War II.
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If Turkish security authorities needed a reminder of the challenge posed by Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey this week, Ibrahim Ak delivered it when he fired a pistol outside the Italian consulate in Istanbul and shouted that he wanted to strangle the pope with his bare hands.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended   Pope Benedict on Saturday against allegations that he had   attacked Islam as worldwide Muslim fury continued over a speech   he made earlier this week.
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A man leaped over a barricade during Pope Benedict's weekly audience on Wednesday and tried to jump on to his moving popemobile but was stopped by guards.
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After Pope Benedict XVI infuriated the Islamic world with his remarks on holy war, Vatican officials scrambled to save his planned trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey.
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It's getting tougher to find a parking spot in the pope's garage.
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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the Pope's remarks about Islam have been misunderstood.
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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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A man tries to jump into  Benedict XVI's popemobile during a general audience  at the Vatican.
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Pope John Paul appealed yesterday for the release of the French and other hostages in Iraq, saying human beings could not be treated like merchandise.
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Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage to Austria on Friday with a solemn tribute to Jewish Holocaust victims, and an appeal to diplomats serving with the U.N. nuclear agency and other international organizations.Ahead of his visit, Benedict's seventh foreign trip in two years as pope, the German-born pontiff spoke of his affection for Austria, a mostly Catholic country 'which has been near to me since my childhood.'But the pope, who visited and vacationed here often as a cardinal, faced a challenge: Many Austrian believers, disgusted by clergy sex scandals and deeply resentful of a government-imposed church tax, have grown cold _ and tens of thousands have left the church altogether. Read more
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A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat.