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  Pope Benedict XVI sacked 400 priests in 2 years for child sex abuse: report

  World | January 18, 2014 8:32 IST

  Vatican City: For centuries, the church has had its own in-house procedures to deal with priests who sexually abuse children. The maximum penalty for a priest convicted by a church tribunal is essentially losing his

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  New Pope elected

  World | March 14, 2013 0:22 IST

  Vatican City, Mar 13:  White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney in the Vatican City Wednesday announced to the world that cardinals gathered inside have elected a new Pope to head the Catholic Church.Crowds

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  Pope hits 1 million mark as he tweets 'Dear friends'

  World | December 12, 2012 19:44 IST

  Vatican City, Dec 12 : Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch

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  Vatican No. 2 urges AIDS cure, sidesteps condom

  World | June 22, 2012 18:10 IST

  Vatican city, Jun 22: The Vatican's No. 2 official has called for universal, free access to drugs to combat HIV and for investments into finding a cure.But Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state,

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  Declare Good Friday a holiday, Pope urges Raul Castro

  World | March 29, 2012 8:48 IST

  Havana, Mar 28 :The exchange came hours before Fidel Castro confirmed that he would happily meet Pope Benedict XVI before he leaves for Rome on Wednesday. Mr. Castro made the much-awaited announcement at the end

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  Pope Names 22 New Cardinals

  World | January 06, 2012 22:30 IST

  Vatican City, Jan 6: Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals on Friday, including prelates in such key posts as New York and Hong Kong and a large group of Italians holding major Vatican positions.Cardinals

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  Pope Urges End To Syria Bloodshed, Peace Worldwide

  World | December 25, 2011 22:59 IST

  Vatican City, Dec 25: Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his Christmas message today, an appeal for peace that was challenged

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  Pope Conducts Midnight Mass In St Peter's Basilica

  World | December 25, 2011 8:31 IST

  Vatican City, Dec 25: Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialisation of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday's "superficial glitter" to discover its

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  Benetton Withdraws Pope-Imam Kiss Ad After Protest

  World | November 17, 2011 13:48 IST

  Vatican City, Nov 17 : The Benetton clothing company has withdrawn an ad showing Pope Benedict XVI kissing a top Egyptian imam on the lips after the Vatican denounced it as an "unacceptable" provocation.Benetton had

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  Pope Benedict 'Suffering From Degenerative Joint Disease'

  World | November 11, 2011 18:50 IST

  London, Nov 11: Pope Benedict XVI is suffering from arthrosis, a degenerative disease of the joints, British media reports said, quoting Vatican insiders.The condition, which is related to his age, has made it increasingly difficult

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  Pope Warns Germans Not To Ignore Religion

  World | September 23, 2011 10:50 IST

  Berlin, Sept 23: Pope Benedict XVI has addressed Germany's parliament in the historic Reichstag building, warning that politicians must not sacrifice ethics for power and evoking the Nazi excesses of his homeland as a lesson

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  A Million Cheers As John Paul II Declared 'Blessed'

  World | May 01, 2011 19:04 IST

  Vatican City, May 1 : Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of “blessed” on his predecessor John Paul II today in front of a cheering crowd of over a million people, putting the late pope

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  Pope Canonises First Australian Saint And 5 More

  World | October 18, 2010 11:05 IST

  Vatican City:  Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Australia's first saint on Sunday, canonizing a 19th-century nun and also declaring five other saints in an open-air Mass attended by tens of thousands.Chants of "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi

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  Pope To UK: Deeply Sorry, Ashamed Of Sex Abuse

  World | September 18, 2010 21:13 IST

  London, Sep 18 : Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday said he was deeply ashamed of the "unspeakable" sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he hoped

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  5 Arrested In Alleged Threat To Pope

  World | September 17, 2010 22:59 IST

  London: Five people, suspected to be Arabs, were arrested here on Friday over an alleged plot to harm Pope Benedict XVI, now on a state visit to the UK.The five men, in the age group

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  Catholic Schoolchildren Greet Pope In London

  World | September 17, 2010 17:35 IST

  LONDON : Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI with songs and gifts Friday on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome as the pontiff urged them to ignore the shallow