Holy Saturno! It's old hat for the  pope again
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Pope Benedict has a thing for old   hats, this time donning a wide-brimmed "saturno" for his weekly   general audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday.
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If the Pope exerts such authority, why is the Holy See impervious to predatory priest lawsuits?
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Pope Benedict XVIÂs visit to Turkey in late November is likely to be a flash point for a surprisingly broad array of issues.
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VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul is returning centuries-old relics of two Orthodox Christian saints in an effort to bridge the divide between the two churches.
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Apparently, being the patron saint of Claynation isn't always   easy.
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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Academics and students accuse pontiff of defending the Inquisition's condemnation of Galileo
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While the Vatican expresses optimism Pope John Paul II will rebound from his latest health crisis, outside medical experts give a grimmer longterm view, saying the pontiff's Parkinson's disease puts him on the path of a steady &#151; and perhaps rapid &#151; decline.
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For a man with such strong convictions, the Holy Father has shown a surprising penchant for verbal missteps
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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.
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Pope Benedict has decided to keep limbo in limbo a little longer.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul is returning centuries-old relics of two Orthodox Christian saints in an effort to bridge the divide between the two churches.
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Archbishop Christodoulos, who helped heal centuries-old grievances with the Roman Catholic Church but also but stirred controversy, was 69.
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Pope John Paul, reflecting Vatican disappointment that Italy&#39;s nominee had to step down from the EU executive because of his religious beliefs, has repeated his call for Europe to remember its Christian roots.
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LOURDES, France -- A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled yesterday 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-hour service in the sizzling heat.
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A 300-year old system has been criticized for decades as outmoded, unsupervised and unfair.
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ROME -- Catholics gathered at St. Peter's in the Vatican and in local churches last night to wait anxiously for word on the health of 84-year-old Pope John Paul II, who spent his second night in the hospital with breathing trouble triggered by a bout of influenza.