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Pope, Salvador president, discuss beatification of slain archbishop
Reuters* Romero was killed while saying Mass in hospital chapel * Bishop defended poor, spoke out against repression * President gave pope reliquary with blood-stained garment By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 23 (Reuters) - The president of El Salvador...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Vatican City, Francis I, Roman Catholicism
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Pope Francis urges China's Catholics to stay loyal to Rome
ReutersROME, May 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. China's Catholics number between 8 and 12 million and are divided between the state-...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Rome (Italy), The Pope, China, Christianity
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Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
Reuters* Pope and Merkel spoke for unusually long 45 minutes * Merkel flew to Rome just to see pope * Francis recently issued strong call for financial reform By James Mackenzie VATICAN CITY, May 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope...Tags: Germany, Economy, Business and Finance, Music, Entertainment, Vatican City
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Entering the pope's domain
The Vatican has officially accepted a gift to Pope Francis from Chicago lawyer Chris Connors: a fitting domain name, popefrancis.com. Connors, who bought the domain in 2010 on a lark, had secretly hoped a pope would choose the name Francis in his...
Tags: The Pope, Alzheimer's Disease, Vatican City, Francis I
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After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Roman Catholicism, The Pope, Social Media, Vatican City
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Vatican TV puts pope on multiple platforms
VarietyThe words "pope" and "cutting-edge" may seem incongruous, but Monsignor Dario Edoardo Vigano is helping keep the age-old institution firmly in the 21st century. Vigano's main mission as director of the Vatican Television Center (CTV): to provide...Tags: Vatican City, Same-Sex Marriage, Take Shelter (movie), Benedict XVI, Pentecost
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Pope Francis appoints panel to study overhaul of the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Francis launched a long-awaited cleanup of the Vatican by announcing a task force Saturday made up of eight high-ranking cardinals, including one American, who will determine how best to reform the much-criticized Curia, or Vatican...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, The Pope, Christianity, Papal Conclave (2013), Benedict XVI
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Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns
ROME — Pope Francis has backed the Vatican's doctrinal crackdown on a major group of American nuns, reasserting the Roman Catholic Church's conservative approach to various social issues in a move that could cool the warm reception he has received...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Belief and Faith, The Pope, Same-Sex Marriage, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
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Students at St. Joan of Arc School participate in conclave web chat with Archbishop Lori
The eighth grade students at St. Joan of Arc School participated in a Conclave web chat with William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, on March 11. St. Joan of Arc School was one of 17 Catholic elementary schools invited to participate. Archbishop Lori...Tags: Schools, William E. Lori, The Pope, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Back from conclave, George visits synagogue
In one of his first acts since his return from Rome for the election of a new pope, Cardinal Francis George took another spiritual journey, this time to a suburban synagogue. As Jews and Christians prepare for Passover and Holy Week, respectively, George...
Tags: The Pope, Judaism, Papal Conclave (2013), Separation of Church and State, Passover
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The pope's Rome: Where Francis, the 266th pope, will live and rule
ROME - "SILENZIO!" says the sign just past the massive bronze doors marking the entrance to St. Mary and the Martyrs Catholic Church in Rome, one of the two or three most important churches in Christian history. The sign reminds all that this is a house...
Tags: Vatican City, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Fine Artists, Human Interest
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Mail Call - March 26
“Just for the information of your readers, the new pontiff, Francis, took the name after the patron saint of animals, St. Francis of Assisi.” — Hagerstown “This is to all the conservatives who keep making the argument that more...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Breads, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Politics
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