Austrian prelate pledges renewal
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VIENNA -- Pope John Paul II officially named yesterday a prelate who investigated a child pornography scandal at a seminary to replace the bishop who resigned in the case, which rocked Austria's Roman Catholic Church and triggered an exodus of embittered believers.
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Italian politician Rocco Buttiglione - stung by his EU Commission debacle - vows to promote Christian values.
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Roman Catholic Church leaders in Austria formally installed a new bishop Sunday in a diocese rocked by the discovery of a vast cache of child pornography on computers at a seminary.
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The Catholic Church in Austria is investigating a  priest amid allegations he sexually abused children.
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A Zimbabwean archbishop who was an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal resigned on Tuesday, but vowed to continue championing his countrymen facing political and economic crises.
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Maltese Christian politicians should be protagonists, both in Malta and abroad, of values and messages rooted in the Gospel and the social teachings of the Church, Archbishop Joseph Mercieca said yesterday.
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Pope John Paul's health has  stabilized recently, so much so that the Pontiff has expressed  a desire to make at least two major trips abroad next year,  including one to Northern Ireland.
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BEIJING, Sept. 21 -- The Rev. Joseph Li Shan, a 42-year-old priest based in downtown Beijing, was ordained as the head of the Beijing Diocese of the state-sanctioned Catholic church Friday morning in a private ceremony. The appointment underscores attempts to improve long-strained relations between...
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Pope Benedict returns to his  Bavarian roots on Saturday when he starts a nostalgic six-day  trip to his southern German homeland and some of its most  traditionally Catholic places.
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Pope Benedict on Sunday renewed his appeal to Catholics to reject abortion and euthanasia, saying life was God-given and could not be cut short under "the guise of human compassion".
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Pope John Paul II has named the bishop who investigated the seminary child pornography scandal in Austria to replace the man who resigned over the case, the Vatican said Thursday.
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By Lisa Crutchfield, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 23--U2's "Gloria" poured from the speakers. The pews were packed.   And the newly consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia was pumped.
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VIENNA - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Europe's tragic past and warned of its uncertain future yesterday as he honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and urged the continent to accept its Christian heritage.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict, continuing a   nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as   archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to   draw hundreds of thousands of people.
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Pope John Paul II called for renewed commitment to stronger dialogue between Jews and Catholics Tuesday as he warmly received more than 100 Jewish leaders, rabbis, cantors and their relatives in what was described as the largest such audience at the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict XVI had said earlier that his visit to Austria was aimed partly at showing ârepentance.â
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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.