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Bush voices unease over sex scandal to pontiff
Associated PressROME - President Bush, in a one-on-one meeting inside the Vatican, told Pope John Paul II he is concerned about the Roman Catholic church's standing in America, where the church has been rocked by a sex abuse scandal. The frail 82-year-old pontiff...Tags: Rome (Italy), Al Gore, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Elections, Vatican City
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Pope picks American to oversee doctrine
Sun StaffPope Benedict XVI selected yesterday a San Francisco bishop with a reputation as a conservative theologian to take over his former job - one of the most powerful in the Catholic hierarchy and instrumental in shaping the direction of the church....Tags: Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Rome (Italy), Vatican City, Georgetown, Minority Groups
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Television hopes to help viewers take part in Vatican ritual
Sun Television CriticAt dawn tomorrow, as networks and 24-hour cable channels point their cameras and microphones at Pope John Paul II's funeral, an estimated 2 billion television viewers from around the globe will not hear much color commentary, many voice-overs or chatter...Tags: CNN (tv network), Rome (Italy), Global Expansion, Vatican City, Religious Events
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The life of Pope John Paul II
Sun StaffPope John Paul II, who died yesterday at the age of 84, was a proud son of Poland who helped break communism's hold on Eastern Europe as he kept a strict doctrinal grip on worldwide Roman Catholicism. As the first non-Italian pope since 1523, the man...Tags: Jesus Christ, Civil Unrest, Emergency Incidents, Parkinson's Disease, Interior Policy
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Pope John Paul II dies
Sun Foreign StaffVATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II died yesterday, more than a quarter-century after beginning a reign that transformed the papacy. He succumbed to years of health problems that ravaged his body but did little to diminish his control of the Roman Catholic...Tags: Rome (Italy), Italy, Benedict XVI, Arts, Hospitals and Clinics
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Poland mourns beloved native son
Sun Foreign StaffKRAKOW, Poland - Eyes glinting with tears, throats hoarse with grief, the Polish faithful numbly absorbed the news last night that the man they regarded as their spiritual father and political liberator was dead. "All the people of my village? How can...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Radio Industry, Christian Orthodoxy, Television Stations, Wojciech Jaruzelski
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Greeting pilgrims, Pope Benedict XVI shows a lighter side
Associated PressVATICAN CITY - He kissed babies, blessed people in wheelchairs and joked that he felt like a guillotine was falling on him when he realized that he might be elected pope. He showed he had a sense of humor and knew how to work a crowd - traits the...Tags: Benedict XVI, Elections, Death, Vatican City, Religious Leaders
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In hours in Baltimore, a shared meal and Mass
Sun StaffHe was in town just a bit longer than the average workday. But in the eyes of Baltimore's Roman Catholics, Pope John Paul II was here long enough on Oct. 8, 1995, to write a key chapter in the history of the city that is the birthplace of American...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Breads, Rome (Italy), Soups, Mount Vernon
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'Zero tolerance' called excessive
Sun StaffEven as some Roman Catholic Church leaders say the new policy proposed by U.S. bishops for dealing with sexual abuse by priests doesn't go far enough, others are complaining that the proposals conflict with the church's own law and religious teachings. A...Tags: Thomas J Reese, Rome (Italy), William H. Keeler, Lawyers, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
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Conclave's prayerfulness, wonder evoked in homily
Sun StaffAlthough only Roman Catholic cardinals participated in the secret conclave that elected the new pope, Cardinal William H. Keeler said he felt the prayers of multitudes. Addressing those at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen for a Mass of Thanksgiving for...Tags: Jesus Christ, Rome (Italy), William H. Keeler, Elections, Benedict XVI
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Pontiff takes his seat as bishop of Rome
Los Angeles TimesROME - Pope Benedict XVI completed the formal takeover of papal power yesterday by assuming his important role as bishop of Rome, ascending to the marble throne of one of Christianity's oldest churches. With crowds of pilgrims and tourists cheering him...Tags: Italy, Rome (Italy), Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism, Death
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City's Polish community mourns
Sun StaffKneeling before a framed photo of Pope John Paul II draped with black ribbon, Sophia and Elizabeth Para wept as they prayed yesterday at Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore. The mother and daughter, like much of Polonia - the greater Polish...Tags: Timonium, Perry Hall, Fells Point, Lynn Anderson, Roman Catholicism
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