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New Vatican Project Reaches Out To Atheists
A new Vatican foundation for atheists and agnostics will not be aimed at the likes of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens because the Vatican sees them as atheistic......
Pope Takes Control Of Legion Of Christ
BY JOHN THAVIS IN ROME POPE BENEDICT XVI will name a personal delegate with authority over the Legionaries of Christ and a commission to study its constitutions, the first steps......
Four Christians Are Killed In Bus Bombings In Iraq
BY CAROL GLATZ IN ROME AT LEAST four people died and more than 170 were injured when buses carrying Christian university students were bombed in a roadside attack near the......
Markets Need To Be Regulated, Says Pope
BY CINDY WOODEN IN ROME THE GLOBAL economic crisis has demonstrated that the free market is not capable of regulating itself in a way that promotes the common good, Pope......
Scholars Defend Wartime Role Of Pope Pius Xii
BY SARAH DELANEY IN ROME DEFENDERS OF Pope Pius XII have gathered in Rome to answer a list of questions about his actions in the face of Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe......
Court Jails Man For 30 Years For Murder Of American Nun
THE LAST defendant charged in connection with the 2005 murder of USborn Sister Dorothy Stang has been found guilty in a Brazilian court and sentenced to 30 years in prison.......
Pope Talks To Congo Ambassador
TO BRING lasting peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo, earnings from the country’s rich mineral deposits must be shared, particularly through state funding of education and......
Pope Honours Retired Rabbi
IN A HANDWRITTEN message, Pope Benedict XVI has offered birthday greetings to the 95-yearold retired chief rabbi of Rome, praising his efforts to promote CatholicJewish......
Ny Times Under Fire From Editor
A FORMER religion editor of Newsweek has criticised the New York Times for its attempts to link the Pope with abuse cover-up and accused the paper of creating its “own version......
Cardinal Luigi Poggi Dies Aged 92
CARDINAL Luigi Poggi, a Vatican diplomat who served five popes, died on Tuesday aged 92. The Italian cardinal worked at the Vatican from 1945 until his retirement in 1998. In a......