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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Vatican move to hold its Christmas Eve midnight mass two hours earlier does not indicate health problems for Pope Benedict XVI, officials say.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Anglican ordination that was scheduled to be held in a Roman Catholic church in rural Australia was moved to a Protestant church because the Vatican refused to have women ordained in a Catholic building.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pope Benedict XVI has invited Ireland’s top clergy to Rome on Dec. 11 to be briefed on the “painful” situation in Ireland. Cardinal Sean Brady and Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, will both attend, according to a statement from the Vatican sent via e-mail.
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented what he described as a steady diet of news about evil in the world, saying it hardens hearts, as he prayed at the Spanish Steps in a Christmas season tradition.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will break with tradition this year and celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St.
The Holy See and the Russian Federation have vowed to establish full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said Thursday, following a meeting at the Vatican between Pope Benedict XVI and Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev. In a statement, the Vatican called the meeting “cordial.” Ties between the Vatican and Russia have historically been strained, because of the cold war and the centuries-old rift ...
VATICAN CITY -- On the eve of the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pope Benedict XVI said protection of the environment requires more sober lifestyles and a rediscovery of the "moral dimension" of development.
ROME, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, appearing at a ceremony in Rome, accused the mass media Tuesday of producing "poison" that makes people less sensitive to violence.
Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, ending long-standing tensions, the Kremlin announced Thursday after President Dmitry Medvedev met Pope Benedict XVI.
Several Irish bishops may be forced to retire by the Vatican following the church pedophile scandal, according to reports. Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin have been asked to meet the Pope on Friday “to exchange information and evaluate the painful situation of the church in Ireland following the recent publication of the Murphy commission report."
Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. A Vatican statement said Benedict and Medvedev agreed that Russia will upgrade its representation at the Vatican from a special mission to embassy level and that the Vatican will reciprocate in Moscow.
Vatican City/Dublin - Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Ireland's top archbishops for a meeting at the Vatican on Friday to discuss a clerical child sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the Iri...
VATICAN CITY (AP) | Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. The step forward on the diplomatic front comes at the same time as a warming in previously tense relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. A Vatican statement said Benedict and Mr. Medvedev agreed ...
Mr, Wilson was appointed as the first full-fledged American ambassador to the Vatican, but his term was clouded by unauthorized dealings with Libya.
Pope Benedict XVI waves from his popemobile as it rains, after the traditional prayer to celebrate the Immaculate Conception, in Rome. On Dec. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of Mary, and it is a national holiday in predominantly Roman Catholic Italy.
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