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Pope Francis delivers first public blessing, calls for 'mercy'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.VATICAN CITY -- Tens of thousands of pilgrims Sunday greeted Pope Francis on his first scheduled appearance before the general public, shouting their acclaim in St. Peter’s Square as the pope gave the first Angelus blessing of his pontificate....Tags: Vatican City, Francis I, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Religious Leaders
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Pope Francis chooses ring, coat of arms and motto
ROME – Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the New World, has decided to remember his roots by choosing a personal coat of arms that recalls his career as a cleric in Argentina, the Vatican said Monday. Francis opted to keep the same coat of arms...
Tags: Vatican City, Francis I, Politics, Heads of State, Government
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Pondering the Pope with 'Vatican Diaries' author John Thavis
Why is Pope Benedict XVI quitting? And who might replace him? Those are two of the questions we put to John Thavis, who spent more than three decades covering the Vatican for the Catholic News Service. He peels back the veil of the Vatican in his book...
Tags: Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Christianity
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After Benedict XVI
In nearly eight years as pope, Benedict XVI embraced a traditionalist — and to many critics, authoritarian — view of both the papacy and of church teaching. So it's ironic that he will be remembered for his revolutionary decision to relinquish...
Tags: Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Religious Leaders, Anglicanism
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Letters: Rich church, poor actions
Re "Church used funds meant for the dead," Feb. 10 Several years ago I visited the small Roman Catholic church in Loreto, Mexico. There, I saw an older, probably poor woman with a small boy dropping a few coins into the collection box. A few years...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Roger M. Mahony, Christianity
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All roads lead to Rome, for pilgrims and runners
ROME – Snarled traffic, cheering crowds, well-wishers from around the world. Pope Francis’ first scheduled public appearance? That, and the Rome Marathon too. The annual long-distance race clashed on the calendar Sunday with the new pope&...
Tags: Sports, Francis I, Running, Vatican City, Politics
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Did 'We Have a Pope' foretell Pope Benedict's resignation?
As topics for fact-based movies go, you’d be hard-pressed to find one as tricky as the papal selection. The process is cloaked in secrecy, for starters, and it’s not like it happens much more than once a decade. Yet the news that Pope...
Tags: We Have a Pope (movie), Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment, Film Festivals, Italy
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In Vatican City, mixed opinions on Pope Benedict XVI's decision
VATICAN CITY – In rainy Saint Peter’s Square, the mix of opinions about the surprise announcement Monday that Pope Benedict XVI planned to resign ranged from admiration to anger. James Cadman, 29, a seminarian from London, said the 85-year-...
Tags: Vatican City, John Paul II, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Vatican City
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Brazilian support for an Argentine pope
VATICAN CITY – The pope may be considered by his followers to be head of the universal Catholic Church, but that doesn’t stop national feelings from bubbling to the surface when a new pontiff is named. Before the conclave this week to...
Tags: Francis I, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Religious Leaders, Politics
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The Catholic Church and Argentina
Very few Argentines were on hand for the proceedings, for the white smoke followed by the traditional proclamation, Habemus papam — "We have a pope." But on the other side of the world, the people of Buenos Aires erupted with jubilation when they...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Awards and Prizes, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Authors, Elections
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Vatican defends Pope Francis' record during Argentina's 'dirty war'
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Friday denied that Pope Francis acquiesced to Argentina's brutal military regime in the 1970s and '80s, saying the accusations are part of a "defamatory” campaign. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was elected pope...
Tags: Vatican City, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Religious Leaders, Politics
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