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Pope Benedict XVI  meets with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta at his private library, January 21, 2008  in Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI meets with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta at his private library, January 21, 2008 in Vatican City. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images News)
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Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday sought to boost ties between the Roman Catholic Church and the art world as he met with dozens of artists in the Vatican's illustrious Sistine Chapel. The pope urged non-believers to "enter into dialogue with believers, with those who, like yourselves, consider that they are pilgrims in this world and in history towards infinite beauty." He added: "Faith takes nothing away from your genius or your art: on the contrary, it exalts them and nourishes them." Welcoming the artists including architects, filmmakers and musicians in the "sanctuary of faith and human creativity," the pope urged them to be "fully ... Read Full Story
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful." The Pope told the gathering of hundreds of painters, sculptors, architects, poets and directors, held beneath the vaulted ceiling of the chapel painted by Michelangelo, that he wanted to "renew the Church's friendship with the world of art." "Beauty ... can become a path toward the transcendent, toward the ultimate Mystery, toward God," Benedict said. The Vatican said it invited some 500 artists to the event, regardless of religious, ... Read Full Story
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by Gina Doggett VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Pope Benedict XVI and his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, had "cordial discussions" Saturday, the Vatican said amid tensions between the two churches. The strictly private meeting came just two weeks after the Vatican made it easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a move that caught Williams off-guard, saying he had been informed of it "at a very late stage." The two leaders "focused on recent events affecting relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion," the Vatican said in a statement, adding that they vowed to "continue and to consolidate the ... Read Full Story
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LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Britain's top Roman Catholic prelate says disgruntled Anglicans must accept the pope's authority if they wish to convert because of Church of England reforms. Rev. Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster and the most senior Catholic in England and Wales, warned Friday anyone who bolts the Church of England for Catholicism because of the ordination of female priests or its stance on homosexuality is making a mistake, The Guardian reported. Nichols told the newspaper. A conversion, Nichols said, wouldn't mean just Nichols made the comments before a meeting between Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Pope Benedict XVI over ... Read Full Story
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Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer. Benedict made the comments during his weekly general audience as he marked the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, the first legally binding and most widely ratified international treaty to affirm human rights for all children. "My thoughts go to all the children of the world, especially those who live in difficult conditions and suffer due to violence, abuses, sickness war or hunger," Benedict said. While urging all to join him in ... Read Full Story
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday sought to boost ties between the Roman Catholic Church and the art world as he met with dozens of artists in the Vatican's illustrious Sistine Chapel.The pope urged non-believers to "enter into dialogue with believers, with those who, like yourselves, consider that they are pilgrims in this world and in history towards infinite beauty."He added: "Faith takes nothing away from your genius or your art: on the...  
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Times OnlineArchbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share 'cordial' talksTelegraph.co.ukThe Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI took significant steps on Saturday to heal the rift between their respective faiths. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent, in Rome The Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI ...Rowan Williams and the Pope in historic meetTimes OnlinePope, Anglican Leader Meet, Agree to...  
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Pope Benedict XVI greeted more than 250 artists, architects, musicians, directors and writers in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday, pointing out “your great responsibility to communicate beauty....  
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VALLETTA, Malta (AP) -- The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck. Bishop Paul Cremona on Saturday said Benedict will celebrate an open-air ...  
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VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI and his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, had "cordial discussions" on Saturday, the Vatican said amid tensions between the two churches.  
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The Vatican says the pope and the archbishop of Canterbury have agreed to press for closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans despite the jolt from the Vatican's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans.The meeting Saturday between Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams was their first since the Vatican announced it was making it easier for Anglicans upset over the ordination of women and gay bishops to become Catholic...  
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In a private audience on November 20, Pope Benedict XVI gave his encouragement to participants in a 3-day conference on the pastoral needs of deaf persons, organized by the Pontifical ...  
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[Quote:] Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer. Benedict made the comments during his weekly general audience as he marked the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, the first legally binding and [...]  
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The Roman Catholic Church has expressed concerns over the growing popularity of the Twilight movies - Vatican officials have called the vampire franchise a "moral vacuum with a deviant message".The second film in the series, The Twilight Saga New Moon, hit cinemasthis week (20Nov09) and the movie's stars, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylo...  
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VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck. Bishop Paul Cremona on Saturday said Benedict will celebrate an open-air ...  
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