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Suburban Catholics reflect on cardinals' choice for pope
For Catholics across the north and west suburbs, there was much to be excited about last week with the selection of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the church's new pope, Francis I. About 60 faculty, staff and students gathered around a TV in a resident...
Tags: The Pope, Politics, Elections, Vatican City, Argentina
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Schwarzenegger, your He-Man days have come and gone
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesCOMMENTARY Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent decision to return as executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines makes one thing ...... -
How Pope Francis can reinvigorate the church
Newly elected Pope Francis represents change in many respects. He is the first pope from the New World (and the first from outside of Europe in 1,200 years), the first Jesuit and the first Francis. But for American Catholics, who in poll after poll in...Tags: John Paul II, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Environmental Politics, Politics, Elections
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Pope Benedict and the problem of leadership
When Pope Benedict XVI shockingly announced his impending retirement this week, it was a sign that the contemporary world's relentless reinvention of leadership has reached into even our oldest institutions. The Catholic Church's official list of popes,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Google Inc., Customs and Tradition, Annapolis, Justin Bieber
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Benedict leaves stage with dignity
You have to wonder what kind of fun Vatican mystery writer Dan Brown would have with the startling resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. As would be the case when any well-known CEO suddenly steps down "for health reasons," we are immediately suspicious....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, John Paul II, Vatican City, Politics, Elections
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The Pope Benedict I know
Years ago, I accompanied James Cardinal Hickey, then the archbishop of Washington, to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was to give a lecture. After his lecture and after fielding questions from his...
Tags: Archdiocese of Baltimore, The Pope, James A. Hickey, Religious Leaders, Separation of Church and State
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How to fix the Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church is at the most perplexing time in it's storied, at times sordid, history. For the first time in more than 600 years, a pope has chosen to retire, due mostly to deteriorating health issues. Is that truly the most prominent...Tags: Vatican City, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Nottingham
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Catholic laity needs to be heard in selection of new pope
Since the resignation of Pope Benedict, we have been treated to the truly tawdry spectacle of life in the Vatican at this time in history. There are stories of Papal shoes, rings, palaces and castles. We see pictures of old men dressed in ecclesiastical...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Roger M. Mahony, College of Cardinals, Vatican City, Education
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Hundreds join archbishop for Mass to celebrate Pope Francis
Three deer scurried past the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen as Steve Thomas and his wife, Debbie, arrived for Sunday Mass to celebrate the new spiritual leader for Roman Catholics worldwide, Pope Francis. The symbolism struck the Arbutus man, who said the...
Tags: Poverty, Politics, Lent, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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The world comes together during wait for new pope
Eight years ago, I dashed down a narrow winding street along with the rest of Rome to meet the next pope. White smoke had billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney. Church bells filled the air along with the patter of stiletto heels and boots pounding...
Tags: Travel, Chicago Tribune, Italy, Roman Catholicism, Francis I
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Pope Francis fosters good relations, Jewish groups say
Pope Francis won praise from Jewish leaders after his election this week to lead the Roman Catholic Church, a promising sign for future relations between two faiths with a troubled history. Several Jewish leaders said the new pope, who is from...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), U.S. Congress, Pakistan, Judaism, Argentina
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Pope Francis to cardinals: Beware pessimism
ROME -- Pope Francis urged cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church never to give in to pessimism, telling them Friday that they had crucial wisdom to pass on to the young, which he compared to “good wine” that gets better with time. In his...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), College of Cardinals, Philosophy, Francis I, Roman Catholicism
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