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By Sabina Castelfranco Munich 12 September 2006 Addressing academics at the university of Regensburg where he taught before being posted to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Islam and violence. At a morning mass, he rejected the use of God's n
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 30 March 2006 Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against abortion, euthanasia and homosexual marriages during an audience Thursday with delegates from the center
Pope Francis Hopes Dual Canonizations Will Reconcile Church On April 27, two popes - John the XXIII and John Paul II - will be made saints in a ceremony at St. Peters Square. The dual canonization is part of the current popes program to reconcile lib
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 January 2006 Mehmet Ali Agca (2000 file photo) The lawyer for the Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, says his client is to be released Tuesday from
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass on Monday for the sick at the shrine of Lourdes in southwest France. He urged the sick, whom he blessed during the service, to remember that dignity never abandons the sick person. Sabina Castelfranco ha
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 May 2006 Pope Benedict XVI blesses the crowds upon his arrival at an airport outside Warsaw Pope Benedict XVI began a four-day visit to Poland, Thursday, where he will visit the places important to his predecessor, Joh
Pope Visits Lebanon Amidst Turbulent Time for Arab Christians Preparations are underway for a visit by the Pope to the small, religiously diverse nation of Lebanon, home to 18 official sects. Christians have lived in these lands for some 2,000 years,
Egypt's Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future Pope Shenouda Coptic mourners lined for hours outside Cairo's main cathedral to pay their last respects to the only patriarch most had ever known. Pope Shenouda's 40-year tenure as patriarch of the Co
Pope Benedict Declares John Paul 'Blessed' More than a million people descended on Rome to take part in the beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II. Throngs of people jammed Saint Peter's Square, the boulevard leading up to it and nearby
Pope Benedict says it is difficult to understand the perversion that has been revealed in the priestly ministry. He addressed the clerical sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the Roman Catholic Church in comments to journalists on the plane from Rome
Pope Benedict Places His Imprint on Catholic Church From the start, Pope Benedict faced a difficult road, following the popular Pope John Paul the Second. He was embraced by some, but shunned by others. The pope was born Joseph Ratzinger in a small t
Pope Benedict Leads Last Ash Wednesday Mass A choir sang as the 85-year-old pontiff entered the church, walking on his own, his first public appearance since announcing his resignation earlier this week. Looking somewhat frail in his ceremonial purpl
Pope's Resignation Could be Turning Point for Church Hundreds of the faithful stood reverently in front of large television screens on St. Peter's Square on a chilly evening, to be close by as Pope Benedict led his final scheduled mass on Ash Wednesd
Pope John Paul II to Become Saint After Miracle Approved It was in the small Costa Rican town of La Union de Tres Rios where the Vatican says Pope John Paul II performed his second miracle since his death - the criteria required for sainthood. The la
By Sabina Castelfranco Valencia 09 July 2006 Pope Benedict XVI greets Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, and Queen Sofia, center, as he arrives to hold a Mass in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, July 9, 2006 Pope Benedict has ended a lightening visit to Spain
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 December 2007 Pope Benedict XVIhas used his traditional Christmas day message to appeal for an end to the bloody conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere around the world. Thousands turned out to hear his word
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 January 2007 Thousands of families were in Saint Peter's Square Saturday to receive the pope's blessing on the feast day of the Epiphany. At a morning mass the pope said that religious leaders must stress the spiritual
By Kent Klein Washington 06 April 2008 The leader of the world's Roman Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, will visit the United States April 15-20 for the first time since becoming pope in 2005. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, officials of the Catholic Churc
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 15 April 2007 A giant birthday banner is seen in the background as Pope Benedict XVI is driven through the crowd at the end of his birthday Mass at the Vatican, 15 Apr 2007 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 80th birthday a
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 01 March 2006 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday to mark the start of the Catholic Church's period of Lent. He said the Christian response to the violence that thre