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Venezuelan president meets pope, smoothes relations with Catholic church
The Miami HeraldBOGOTA, Colombia Venezuela and the Vatican haven't always seen eye-to-eye. During his 14 years in power, President Hugo Chavez often battled with the church, accusing leaders of participating in a coup against him and calling a Venezuelan cardinal a...Tags: Elections, Venezuela, WikiLeaks, U.S. Department of State, Roman Catholicism
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Pope, archbishop of Canterbury meet, speak of unity
LONDON -- The neophyte holders of two of Christendom’s most venerable posts met for the first time Friday and spoke of fostering unity and understanding between their sometimes rival branches of the faith. Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury...
Tags: John Paul II, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Vatican City, Canterbury
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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), Vatican City, Roger M. Mahony, Social Media, The Pope
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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: Authors, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Vatican City, Italy
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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: Sean Patrick O'Malley, Vatican City, Francis I, Papal Conclave (2013), Benedict XVI
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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: Barack Obama, Diabetes, Reformed, Breads, Religion and Belief
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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...
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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: Separation of Church and State, Francis I, The Pope, Papal Conclave (2013), Religion and Belief
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Easter 2013 TV programming
Channel Guide MagazineEaster 2013 is Sunday, March 31. Here are some of the notable new and returning shows, specials and movies airing over the next week to help you and your family enjoy the Easter 2013 season, if you celebrate. All times are Eastern; programming is... -
Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as...
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Pope Francis meets Argentine president, smooths tensions
ROME – He called her policies an “attack on God’s plan.” She described him as “medieval.” But Pope Francis and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the leader of his native Argentina, kissed and made up Monday...
Tags: Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Government, Vatican City, Francis I
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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: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Teaching and Learning, Education, Science and Technology, The Pope
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