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Indian Catholic missionaries bound for Germany
Hildesheim, Germany - A German Catholic diocese unveiled plans Friday to borrow about 12 priests from India's Kerala state because it cannot recruit enough German men to lead prayers and run parishes. The diocese of Hildesheim in northern Germany w...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope longs for day when China will allow its bishops to visit
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday told Hong Kong and Macao's top Roman Catholic clerics he hopes and prays their colleagues from mainland China will one day be allowed to visit Rome. Benedict expressed his wish in a speech to the clerics, ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Vatican newspaper launches Malayalam language edition
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI welcomed Wednesday the Vatican newspaper's first edition in the Malayalam language, a publication aimed mainly at Catholics from India's Kerala State. L'Osservatore Romano's Malayalam edition is a highly significant ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-25 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Catholic cardinal celebrates mass with thousands in Orthodox Minsk
Minsk - Cardinal Tarciso Bertone of the Catholic Church on Sunday celebrated a mass attended by thousands in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, a stronghold of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Interfax news agency reported. Attending the service were r...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-22 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope prays for victims of Philippines typhoon and ferry disaster
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday expressed his sorrow for the victims of a ferry disaster in the Philippines and for thousands of people struck by a typhoon which has wreaked havoc in the southeast Asian archipelago nation. Benedict, speaki...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-22 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Australian Catholics prepare for World Youth Day in Sydney
Sydney - As the countdown begins for the World Youth Day celebrations, a 3.8-metre-high cross will begin a 15-day journey on July 1, in what event organizers Sunday called the event's answer to the Olympic torch relay. The cross, along with a Madonna...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-22 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope appoints new Jerusalem Latin Patriarch
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday appointed Archbishop Fouad Twal as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem - the Roman Catholic Church's top Latin rite cleric for Israel and the Palestinians territories. A Vatican statement also said Benedict had a...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-21 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope meets Congo president Kabila
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday met Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, for talks at the Vatican which focused on the central African country's security situation. The pontiff received Kabila at the Apostolic Palace ove...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-19 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Prospect of gay bishop unsettles German Protestants - Feature
Berlin - Germany's Lutheran Church has become embroiled in a debate over whether to elect its first openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the candidacy of Horst Gorski, 51, could lead to divisions within the church, the way it has in other faiths arou...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-19 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Vatican to commemorate controversial World War II pope
Vatican City - A Vatican academic conference later this year, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Pope Pius XII's death, will focus on the pontiff's influence on church reforms, but not on his controversial role during World War II. Vatican officia...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-17 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]