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Prelates to discuss response to sex abuse scandal (AP)

November 8th, 2010

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has summoned cardinals from around the world to a daylong summit in Rome next week on the clerical sex abuse scandal and other issues facing…

The Pope in Barcelona: Kissing Gays and a Controversial Church (Time.com)

November 5th, 2010

Time.com - Sparking a wave of protests, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Barcelona to consecrate Antoni GaudÍ’s Sagrada Familia church adds another layer of debate to a building already steeped…

Pope: Mideast peace is possible, urgently needed (AP)

October 24th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI walks with his pastoral staff as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the conclusion of the synod of bishops from the Middle East in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 24,  2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI says peace in the Middle East is possible, urgently needed and the best way to stop the emigration of people from the region.


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Pope names 24 new cardinals (AP)

October 20th, 2010

FILE - This April 4, 2008 file photo shows Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington D.C., during a lecture on 'Unifying Religious Threads that Provide a Common Ground for Peace', in Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Archbishop Wuerl is one of the 24 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 during has weekly general audience at the Vatican.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)AP - Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals Wednesday, putting his mark on the body that will elect his successor and giving a boost to Italian hopes to regain…

Pope to Sicilians fighting Mafia: do not fear (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful prior to an open-air mass at Palermo, on the island of Sicily, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute Sunday to a Palermo priest slain by the Mafia and encouraged Sicilians not to resign themselves to deep-rooted evil on an island where organized crime has held sway for centuries.  (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute Sunday to a priest slain by the Mafia and encouraged people in Sicily not to resign themselves to deep-rooted evil on an island…

Pope arrives in Sicily on one-day visit (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, top, arrives to attend a concert in his honor held by the Santa Cecilia Academy orchestra and choir, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is starting a one-day visit to Palermo, where Sicilians hope he will use his words and presence to give a boost to efforts to try…

Pope notes 70th Blitz anniversary as he says Mass (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd outside the Vatican's Apostolic Nunciature in London as he leaves London for Birmingham, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI  is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating Mass to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman and in that ceremony he has offered a personal reflection on the evilness of the Nazi…

Pope meets with abuse victims as thousands protest (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI  wipes his face as he conducts a mass in Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was ashamed of the 'unspeakable' sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he was deeply sorry and hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal. Benedict also said he hoped the church would be able to use its contrition to purify itself from the 'sins' of its ministers and be able to renew its commitment to educating the young. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church,…

Pope continues UK tour despite alleged threat (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, prays next to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams,  in the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, London,  Friday Sept. 17, 2010.  Pope Benedict XVI held joint prayers with the leader of the world's Anglicans on Friday in a symbolic act of unity on day two of the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has met with British Prime Minister David Cameron as six men arrested in an alleged terror attempt against the pontiff remain in police custody.


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Pope calm after 6 nabbed in suspected terror plot (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, left, raises his arms as he arrives to speak beside Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.  Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham-Pool)AP - Police raided a garbage depot and arrested street cleaners in a suspected terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI on Friday. Undeterred, the pontiff stuck to his message, reaching…