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Emotional Pope reassures faithful over decision to quit

Source: Herald Scotland, Feb 13 2013, 9:52pm CST

Pope Benedict XVI tried to reassure the world's Catholics over his surprise decision to resign as he spoke for the first time since the decision to 8000 followers in the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI tried to reassure ...

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Benedict XVI writing encyclical on faith that will be promulgated by Pope Francis, says Bishop of Molfetta

Source: The New Advent  |   May 24 2013, 9:22am CDT

Following his recent visit ad limina with the bishops of his region, the Bishop of Molfetta (Apulia, Italy), Luigi Martella, spoke of the conversation they had with the new Pope, including the following: Then, he spoke to us about Benedi ...

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Pope sends tweet prayer for Catholics in China

Source: NDTV  |   May 24 2013, 6:59am CDT

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Friday tweeted a prayer for Catholics in China on the feast day of the Virgin of Sheshan in Shanghai and celebrated mass before a group of Chinese Catholics in the Vatican. "On the feast of Mary Help of Christians I join th ...

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World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

Source: About.com: Catholicism  |   May 24 2013, 6:57am CDT

In May 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released a Letter to Chinese Catholics, in which he asked that May 24 each year be celebrated as a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. He chose May 24 because it is the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, wh ...

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Pope hopes China's Catholics can pray without fear

Source: MSN India  |   May 24 2013, 1:56am CDT

Vatican City, May 24 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to stay loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's C ...

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THE BEIJING AFFAIR (Part Three)

Source: Renew America  |   May 23 2013, 11:36pm CDT

Marielena Montesino de Stuart Do Catholics in the United States and other parts of the world care about the Vatican's compromise with Beijing – and its tragic consequences? A dangerous "dialogue" with Communism has defined the Catholic Church ...

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Pope hopes China`s Catholics can pray without fear

Source: Zee News  |   May 23 2013, 10:22pm CDT

Vatican City: Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to stay loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. "Let them live ...

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Atheists Like What They See In Pope Francis' New Openness

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 23 2013, 10:17pm CDT

By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service (RNS) Atheists and other nonbelievers largely welcomed Wednesday’s (May 22) remarks by Pope Francis that performing “good works” is not the exclusive domain of people of faith, but rather a place where they and a ...

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Charlotte Allen: Christian Martyrs to Islam, Past and Present

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 23 2013, 6:22pm CDT

On May 12 Pope Francis officially canonized more than 800 male Catholic residents of the southern Italian port of Otranto, who in 1480 were beheaded en masse for refusing to convert to Islam after their city was invaded and captured b ...

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Pope Francis: Redemption possible for all — including atheists

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer  |   May 23 2013, 5:14pm CDT

Pope Francis is stirring global attention with a Wednesday homily, in which the recently elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church declared that Christ redeems “all of us” — including atheists. “We are all children of God — all of us: And God loves us ...

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Pope Francis Accepts Atheists: Not the First

Source: Discovery News  |   May 23 2013, 3:13pm CDT

Being an atheist is fine, as long as you do good, Pope Francis said Wednesday, rocking the minds of less tolerant Catholics. In his homily at the morning Mass in Rome, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics urged the fait ...

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