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Pope calls for renewal in church while hewing to doctrine, staying united
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. About 200,000 people turned out Sunday for Mass celebrated by...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Vatican City
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Pope decries more concern over banks than people; leads Vatican rally, meets with Merkel
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience,...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Values, Angela Merkel, Politics, Francis I
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Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets. On Thursday, Francis...Tags: G20, Entertainment, Religious Leaders, Francis I, Angela Merkel
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Gaucho exhibition at Vatican a tribute to pope's homeland
Reuters* Pope Francis expected to visit exhibition privately * Includes 100-year-old photos of frontier life on the Pampas * Many objects leave Argentina for the first time By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 17 (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary...Tags: Argentina, Hobbies, Arts and Culture, Francis I, Arts
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Pope rails against "dictatorship of the economy", urges reform
Reuters* Pope makes first major speech on economic issues * Decries "tyranny" of the market, "cult of money" * Calls for ethical reforms of financial structures By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Pope Francis issued a strong call for world...Tags: Poverty, Religion and Belief, Economy, Business and Finance, Values, Francis I
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Tennis-Shirt-ripping Janowicz stuns Tsonga, Murray hurt
ReutersROME, May 15 (Reuters) - Jerzy Janowicz ripped off his shirt after stunning Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martin del Potro visited the Pope and Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka pulled out through injury at the Italian Open on Wednesday. Rafael Nadal and...Tags: Alexandr Dolgopolov, China, Fabio Fognini, Lower Back Problem, Stanislas Wawrinka
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Pope Francis, surprised by gift of bird cage, sets 2 doves free in St. Peter's Square
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in...Tags: Vatican City
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Disgraced Cardinal to leave Scotland for penance-Vatican
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. A...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Roman Catholicism, Papal Conclave (2013), Francis I, Scotland
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Vatican brings Genesis interpretation to Venice Biennale in return to arts patronage tradition
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the...Tags: Fine Artists, Separation of Church and State, Artists, Roman Catholicism, Papal Conclave (2013)
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Africa, Asia see boom in Catholic priests as numbers fall in Europe; nuns down 10 pct
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Africa, Francis I
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After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...
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Entering the pope's domain
The Vatican has officially accepted a gift to Pope Francis from Chicago lawyer Chris Connors: a fitting domain name, popefrancis.com. Connors, who bought the domain in 2010 on a lark, had secretly hoped a pope would choose the name Francis in his...Tags: Religious Leaders, Francis I, Alzheimer's Disease, Vatican City
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