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VATICAN CITY,
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonisation ceremony on Sunda...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The papacy has a history spread over two millenniums, starting with Pope St. Peter, named by Jesus Himself. The Church has survived for so long, braving challenges and tribulations. It has to over...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Only through collegial governance and a decentralised papacy can the bishop of Rome rebuild a participative, witnessing Church and stymie a clericalised one
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KOLLAM,
March 18, 2013
When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the name Francis on being elected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church on Wednesday, the Jesuit from Buenos Aires was only following a papal tradition tha...
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VATICAN CITY,
March 16, 2013
Pope Francis offered intimate insights into the moments after his papal election, telling an audience with the Press on Saturday that he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of...
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March 15, 2013
Though he courted much controversy during Argentina’s Dirty War, Pope Francis’s advantage of being a Vatican outsider, his simplicity and compassion towards the poor are expected to help steer the Church to a better future
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VATICAN CITY,
March 14, 2013
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope on Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
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VATICAN CITY,
March 12, 2013
Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try.
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VATICAN CITY,
March 11, 2013
Cardinals, after a week-long meeting, set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next Pope. Tuesday will begin with a morning Mass and the first and only round of secret balloting...
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VATICAN CITY,
March 7, 2013
Cardinals in Rome for the conclave to elect the next pope received a briefing on the Holy See’s finances on Thursday amid questions about the Vatican bureaucracy and continued suspicions about its...
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VATICAN CITY,
March 4, 2013
Cardinals from around the world gathered on Monday inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and...
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Vatican City,
February 27, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI has recalled moments of “joy and light” during his papacy but also times of great difficulty in an emotional, final general audience in St. Peter’s Square before retiring. ...
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VATICAN CITY,
February 25, 2013
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic leader, said on Monday that he wouldn’t take part in the Conclave to elect the next Pope after being accused of improper conduct with pri...
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VATICAN CITY,
March 17, 2013
Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of his papacy. In just five days, Pope Francis’...
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VATICAN CITY,
March 15, 2013
Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff on Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style for the p...
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March 15, 2013
It represents an extraordinary leap from the conservative and cautious selections in the past
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VATICAN CITY,
March 13, 2013
With no pope, a seagull is stealing the show at the papal conclave. Smoke watching has become bird watching in St. Peter’s Square after a seagull perched atop the chimney that belches ou...
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Vatican City,
March 11, 2013
The Catholic Church’s 115 cardinal electors were due to meet Monday at the Vatican on the eve of the conclave that will elect a new pope following Benedict XVI’s resignations.The 10th Gener...
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Vatican City,
March 9, 2013
Following tradition, the chimney will be used to blow out white smoke to signal the election of the new pope. Inconclusive rounds of voting will be followed by black smoke. Speculation continued to swirl about who would succeed Benedict.
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Vatican City,
March 6, 2013
United States cardinals want more time to discuss the Catholic Church’s challenges before embarking upon a conclave to elect a new pope, several Italian newspapers reported on Wednesday.
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Vatican City,
March 1, 2013
The Vatican on Friday officially summoned cardinals to the Holy See to begin preparations for electing the new leader of the Catholic Church, a day after Benedict XVI resigned to a life of seclusi...
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VATICAN CITY,
February 26, 2013
The Vatican has answered some of the outstanding questions about Pope Benedict XVI’s future once he’s retired, saying he’ll be known as “emeritus pope,” and continue to wear a white cassock. <...
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Vatican City,
February 25, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules of the Conclave that will elect his successor, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if all of them arrive in Rome before the usual 15-day transition...
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