Pontiff

...GMT 10 Nov 2009 Father Federico Lombardi, the Pope's official spokesman, spoke out following the recent announcement that the Pontiff would allow traditional Anglicans to "move to Rome" - which was seen as a possible shift in policy on...

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...of Michelangelo's creation, the Pope also puts in an appearance. Emmerich figures that, because the recent Angels & Demons never showed the Pontiff, he should go one better. "I said: 'We have to see a little bit of him. He is the chairman,...

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Vatican observers say the most likely date for the beatification would be April next year, on the fifth anniversary of the popular Pontiff's death. Beatification precedes canonisation and involves a complicated process including the...

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...Christians "estranged from the Catholic Church" was "clearly one of the priorities of his pontificate", the archbishop wrote. Quoting the Pontiff, he said: "As he has written: 'In our days, when in vast areas of the world the faith is in...

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...evangelicals in search of an authority unlikely to cave in to the demands of the deepening secularist culture of the West. The previous Pontiff had declined requests for any kind of group reception by Rome, something that Graham Leonard,...

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...sanctuary within Roman Catholicism as a response to difficulties within the Church of England. He might be right in suggesting that the Pontiff's plan for a new canonical structure is intended to cast the net of Rome more widely, notably to...

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...plays in the background. "On an ego level alone, you will be the biggest hero in the history of ever." But Silverman doesn't expect the Pontiff to forsake all his earthy goods for the sake of the hungry. She suggested that he keep some of...

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...for the opening of the synod on Africa, a three-week gathering of some 300 prelates to discuss the church's problems on the continent. The Pontiff praised Africa's rich cultural and spiritual treasures, saying they are the "spiritual lung''...

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...first day of the papal visit, Pope John Paul II jokingly complained that the Irish were trying to kill him. Thirty years ago today, the Pontiff began a three-day visit to Ireland, bringing the country to a standstill. Cardinal Brady...

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...2009 By Stephen Emerson WITH Pope Benedict XV1 widely tipped to visit Edinburgh on his visit to the UK, we look back to the last time the Pontiff visited Scotland's capital in 1982. Confirmation of Pope Benedict's visit to Britain is...

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