Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace
AP - Sun Nov 8, 11:14 am ETPope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
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Pro-Con: Was the Vatican’s invitation to Episcopalians the right move?
The Kansas City Star - Sun Nov 8, 11:16 pm ETUntil now, many devout Anglicans have faced a painful choice. They felt strongly called to enter the Roman Catholic Church, but they loved the beautiful language and the rich liturgical traditions used at worship in their Anglican parishes. Over the years, some of these Anglicans petitioned the Vatican for help. The Vatican finally responded, making it easier to set up parishes that would be ...
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Elmhurst proud of its auxiliary bishop-elect
The Doings Western Springs - Tue Nov 10, 5:04 am ETIt has been a bittersweet celebration at Visitation Parish in Elmhurst following the announcement from the Diocese of Joliet that Pope Benedict XVI named The Rev. Joseph Siegel an auxiliary bishop.
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Pro-Con: Was the Vatican’s invitation to Episcopalians the right move? No
The Kansas City Star - Sun Nov 8, 11:16 pm ETThe Vatican’s sudden overture to disaffected Anglicans strikes me as both cynical and opportunistic. Cynical in that the concession to effectively allow congregations to continue using Anglican hymns and liturgies seems to undermine decades of ecumenical discussions.
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James Marsh listening to 'Vatican Tapes'
The Hollywood Reporter - Sun Nov 8, 11:10 pm ETJames Marsh, the director of the doc "Man on Wire," is jumping into the genre feature world and will direct "The Vatican Tapes," a supernatural thriller from Lionsgate and Lakeshore.
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James Marsh to Direct The Vatican Tapes
Coming Soon - Mon Nov 9, 12:30 am ETMan on Wire director James Marsh will helm The Vatican Tapes , a supernatural thriller from Lionsgate and Lakeshore, says The Hollywood Reporter .
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A bishop named Marx takes on neo-cons, capitalism
National Catholic Reporter - Mon Nov 9, 9:43 am ETBy JOHN L. ALLEN JR. One of Europe’s most influential prelates, and someone widely viewed as close to the thinking of Pope Benedict XVI, has come out swinging against American “neo-cons” and in defense of a strong social welfare state.
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Tom Gregory: Vatican Confirms: Goldman "Doing God's Work"
The Huffington Post - Mon Nov 9, 11:38 pm ET(Reuterz: Rome) L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited...
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Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 6:07 am ETA senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.
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Pope a fan of sports -- but not doping athletes
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 3:36 pm ETPope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday.
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Anglican plan won't alter celibacy for most priests
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:17 am ETThe Vatican said on Monday its plan to allow married Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism does not signal any change to its age-old rule of celibacy for the overwhelming majority of Catholic priests.
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Cardinal Rodé: 'secularism, feminism triggered investigation'
National Catholic Reporter - Tue Nov 10, 7:57 am ETThe official that initiated the Vatican's investigation of women religious in the United States admitted this week that the enquiry was fueled by concerns that American nuns had become overly secularized and influenced by feminism.
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Abortion debate dogs envoy to Vatican
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sun Nov 8, 11:06 pm ETSt. John's professor would rather talk social justice.
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Jeanne Jugan Residence celebrates canonization
YourNabe.com - Tue Nov 10, 6:14 am ETNuns and religious pilgrims from around the borough are off to Rome’s Vatican City for the canonization of St. Jeanne Jugan, founders of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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255 artists to meet pope to revive relations
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 12:29 pm ETMore than 250 artists including Ennio Morricone and Bill Viola will meet Pope Benedict XVI this month to revive the Church's relations with the art world, a Vatican official said Thursday.
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Vatican calls for more access to Cuban mass media
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 7, 12:19 pm ETHavana - The Vatican on Saturday called on the government of Cuba to allow the Catholic Church greater access to mass media in the communist country. Our wish is for the Cuban church to have a more normal access to mass communication media, Archbis...
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