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Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic Church. news, opinions, stories and discussion about how Pope Benedict is leading the Roman Catholic Church and the political and social implications of his style, direction, and policies. How...

Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic Church. news, opinions, stories and discussion about how Pope Benedict is leading the Roman Catholic Church and the political and social implications of his style, direction, and policies. How will Pope Benedict direct the church in world politics?

 
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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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A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls has taken an important step toward sainthood. Thousands of worshippers gathered in the biblical town of Nazareth on Sunday to attend the beatification of the late Sister Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas. Ghattas helped found the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem in the 1880s. The order, highly regarded in Palestinian communities, continues to run schools for Palestinian girls in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Ghattas died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the age of 83. During Sunday's ceremony, the church unveiled a portrait of Ghattas and celebrated ... Read Full Story
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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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VATICAN CIY, Vatican City, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held a meeting Saturday, their first since the Vatican targeted disaffected Anglicans. The Vatican released a statement saying the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England and Anglican Communion discussed areas of common work and of difference. The two engaged in the statement said. A recent Vatican initiative would allow congregations and even dioceses to become Catholic while keeping some of the Anglican liturgy and traditions. On Friday, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the senior Catholic prelate in England, warned Anglicans should only make the ... 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
VATICAN CITY - THE archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks on Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans, with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. Archbishop Rowan Williams and Pope Benedict met privately for 20 minutes in what the Vatican called 'cordial discussions', as part of what has clearly been a difficult visit by...  
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Today Pope Benedict XVI extended a warm personal welcome to artists from all over the world who met with him in a private audience hosted at the Sistine Chapel. In a moving address he challenged the artists, as "custodians of beauty," ...  
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VATICAN CITY -- A month after the Vatican announced the creation of a new Anglican rite within the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday held "cordial discussions" with the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, the Vatican said in a statement.  
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Sydney Morning HeraldRowan Williams confronts the Pope over 'poaching' of clergyDaily MailThe Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his concerns to the Pope about the way the Vatican announced a scheme to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church. In the private meeting at the Vatican with Benedict XVI, ...Catholic bishops prepare path for Anglican exodusTimes OnlineArchbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share...  
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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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President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will travel to the Vatican to participate, along with Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI for the 25th anniversary of the 1984 Peace Treaty between both countries. The meeting ...  
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Sydney Morning HeraldPope, Archbishop of Canterbury meetUnited Press InternationalVATICAN CIY, Vatican City, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held a "cordial" meeting Saturday, their first since the Vatican targeted disaffected Anglicans. The Vatican released a statement saying the ...Catholic bishops prepare path for Anglican exodusTimes OnlineArchbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share...  
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THE Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has taken the first steps towards receiving Anglican converts en masse. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, its leader, has appointed a panel of bishops to plan the recruitment of entire Church of England parishes. The move, effectively to “poach” Anglican congregations disenchanted with their church’s liberal drift, came as Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, held a meeting with Pope Benedict...  
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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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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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