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Vatican replaces cardinal in Holocaust controversy
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as part of the Vatican's effort to reconcile with an ultraconservative group.
President Obama at the G-8 summit in Italy. Credit: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images.
Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical, Charity in Truth, on Tuesday at his studio in Vatican City.
Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a box of Australian wine by...
Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a box of Australian wine by Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican July 9. The Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy, offered some world leaders, including Rudd, the opportunity to meet Pope Benedict at the Vatican.
Rudd pushes for MacKillop's canonisation
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed great interest in the achievements of Mother Mary MacKillop amid hopes she might one day become Australia's first saint.
Encyclical's Ancient and New Perspective
By Genevieve Pollock WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 7, 2009 .- Benedict XVI's latest encyclical offers a unique vision by using traditional principles to enlighten today's societal issues such as globalization, the economy, technology and the environment, affirms a university president.
POPE Benedict XVI on Wednesday hosted the wives of world leaders who were in Italy attending the G-8 summit, the Vatican said.
PM shouldn't lobby for saint: priest
It would not be appropriate for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to try to lobby Pope Benedict XVI to make Mary MacKillop a saint, Jesuit priest Frank Brennan says.
Pope Benedict Takes Charge, Reappoints Top Vatican Officials
Pope Benedict XVI got down to business Thursday, reappointing the previous heads of Vatican departments until further notice and keeping on the secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is effectively his prime minister.
Pope Benedict calls for new financial order that works for 'common good'
Pope Benedict XVI has demanded swingeing reforms of the global finance system saying it must work for the 'common good' and be guided by morality.
Pope urges new financial order guided by ethics, dignity, search for common good in encyclical
Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate.
Michaelangelo's last frescoes: The restored Pauline Chapel
The newly restored Pauline Chapel is seen at the Vatican. The chapel, commemorated July 4 by Pope Benedict, contains the last frescoes that Renaissance artist Michaelangelo painted, the Conversion of St.
There was a time when the whims of the Catholic Church ruled the world. It's known as the Dark Ages.
Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 5
Filipinos stand beside debris caused by a bomb explosion just outside a Catholic church in Cotabato city, southern Philippines on Sunday July 5, 2009.
Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image
Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.
Vatican hit by economic downturn: official figures
Pope Benedict XVI has not escaped the economic downturn, with donations hit by the global financial storm, official figures showed Saturday.
Pope Urges G8 Leaders to Act on Crisis
Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting next week in central Italy to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn.
Pope clears way for Cardinal Newman sainthood
Pope Benedict XVI today cleared the way for Cardinal John Henry Newman to become a saint.
Obama Hosts Catholic Media Ahead of Pope Meeting
President Obama hosted a roundtable with members of the Catholic media at the White House Thursday in an apparent attempt to reach out to Catholics ahead of his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI later this month.
Molloy: For lucky NY schoolgirl, a heavenly visit with the Pope
Pope Benedict XVI greets Mary Zwilling with NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan and his mother Shirley at the Vatican in Rome.
Molloy: Pope bestows sacred symbol of leadership on Archbishop Dolan
Pope Benedict XVI gives U. S. Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, right, the pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing his bond to the Pope.