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VATICAN CITY (Reuters)- - An Italian priest set fire to a photo of Pope Benedict during Sunday Mass in protest against his abdication, telling a shocked congregation that the former pontiff had abandoned his flock. "It was wonderful," the Rev. Andrea Maggi from Santo Stefano Protomartire church in.... |
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He is an icon of the democratic Left, who successfully challenged a repressive communist regime to become Poland’s first elected president. |
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LONDON (AP) — A Scottish cardinal who stepped down from church leadership after admitting sexual misconduct should apologize to gay people for his years of "vicious and cruel language" about them, Britain's leading gay-rights group said Monday. |
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LONDON (AP) — A Scottish cardinal who stepped down from church leadership after admitting sexual misconduct should apologize to gay people for his years of "vicious and cruel language" about them, Britain's leading gay-rights group said Monday. Officials in the Vatican refused to say whether they.... |
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Rome, March 4 - A senior Vatican figure said on Monday that some non-Italian cardinals have asked for an Italian pope, after Benedict XVI, a German, stepped down February 28. "I have collected rumors from non-Italian cardinals that express this wish. I would not put it as a priority, but ... |
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Admission of sexual misconduct exposes former head cleric and church to claims of hypocrisy especially over gay rights The Scottish Roman Catholic church is facing a series of questions about the conduct of its former leader and its attacks on gay rights, after Cardinal Keith O'Brien admitted to a secret sexual life dating back decades. |
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Roman Catholic cardinals filed into the Vatican on Monday for preliminary meetings to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might be best to lead a church beset by crises. They arrived by private car, taxi and minibus at the gates of the Vatican for gatherings known as general congregations, [. |
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World news - world. Papal vote preparations begin in earnest at Vatican VATICAN CITY Mar 4, 2013(Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals filed into the Vatican on Monday for preliminary meetings to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might be best to lead a church beset by crises. |
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Roman Catholic cardinals filed into the Vatican on Monday for preliminary meetings to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might be best to lead a church beset by crises. |
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Radio 4 will broadcast the talk by journalist and gay rights campaigner Benjamin Cohen (pictured) as part of its 'Lent Talks' series in which he likens the persecution of homosexuals to that of Jesus. |