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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: The Pope, Vatican City, Alzheimer's Disease, 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...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Social Media, The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Vatican City
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Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns
ROME — Pope Francis has backed the Vatican's doctrinal crackdown on a major group of American nuns, reasserting the Roman Catholic Church's conservative approach to various social issues in a move that could cool the warm reception he has received...Tags: Benedict XVI, Belief and Faith, The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
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Pope Francis appoints panel to study overhaul of the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Francis launched a long-awaited cleanup of the Vatican by announcing a task force Saturday made up of eight high-ranking cardinals, including one American, who will determine how best to reform the much-criticized Curia, or Vatican...
Tags: Benedict XVI, The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Vatican City, Francis I
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Students at St. Joan of Arc School participate in conclave web chat with Archbishop Lori
The eighth grade students at St. Joan of Arc School participated in a Conclave web chat with William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, on March 11. St. Joan of Arc School was one of 17 Catholic elementary schools invited to participate. Archbishop Lori...Tags: Benedict XVI, Elementary Schools, The Pope, Teaching and Learning, Schools
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Back from conclave, George visits synagogue
In one of his first acts since his return from Rome for the election of a new pope, Cardinal Francis George took another spiritual journey, this time to a suburban synagogue. As Jews and Christians prepare for Passover and Holy Week, respectively, George...
Tags: The Pope, Separation of Church and State, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Mail Call - March 26
“Just for the information of your readers, the new pontiff, Francis, took the name after the patron saint of animals, St. Francis of Assisi.” — Hagerstown “This is to all the conservatives who keep making the argument that more...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), The Pope, Religion and Belief, Government, Christianity
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Easter 2013 TV programming
Channel Guide MagazineEaster 2013 is Sunday, March 31. Here are some of the notable new and returning shows, specials and movies airing over the next week to help you and your family enjoy the Easter 2013 season, if you celebrate. All times are Eastern; programming is... -
Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Government, Christianity, Heads of State, Papal Conclave (2013)
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Pope Francis meets Argentine president, smooths tensions
ROME – He called her policies an “attack on God’s plan.” She described him as “medieval.” But Pope Francis and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the leader of his native Argentina, kissed and made up Monday...
Tags: The Pope, Vatican City, Politics, Francis I, Government
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Pope Francis delivers first public blessing, calls for 'mercy'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.VATICAN CITY -- Tens of thousands of pilgrims Sunday greeted Pope Francis on his first scheduled appearance before the general public, shouting their acclaim in St. Peter’s Square as the pope gave the first Angelus blessing of his pontificate....Tags: Benedict XVI, The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Vatican City, Francis I
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Brazilian support for an Argentine pope
VATICAN CITY – The pope may be considered by his followers to be head of the universal Catholic Church, but that doesn’t stop national feelings from bubbling to the surface when a new pontiff is named. Before the conclave this week to...
Tags: Elections, The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Odilo Pedro Scherer, Politics
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