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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: Vatican City, Religion and Belief, Francis I, Vatican City, Separation of Church and State
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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: Civil Rights, Politics, Values, Vatican City, Rome (Italy)
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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: Religious Leaders, Angela Merkel, Vatican City, European Union, Music
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Gaucho exhibition at Vatican a tribute to pope's homeland
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis's homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter's Square. Called "Argentina - The Gaucho, Tradition, Art and...Tags: Vatican City, Italy, Argentina, Benedict XVI, Hobbies
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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: Values, Ethics, Finance, Vatican City, Cults and Sects
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Shirt-ripping Janowicz stuns Tsonga, Murray hurt
ReutersROME (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 Maria...Tags: Rafael Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marcel Granollers, Fabio Fognini, Li Na
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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: United Kingdom, Vatican City, Papal Conclave (2013), Religion and Belief, Sexual Misconduct
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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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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: Religious Leaders, Venice International Film Festival, John Paul II, Artists, 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: Vatican City, Africa, Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Francis I
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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...
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Lara Pulver suffers no fools in 'Da Vinci's Demons'
RedEyeLara Pulver wowed Americans a year ago when, as Irene Adler in "Sherlock" on PBS, she walked into our living rooms wearing nothing but a pair of Louboutin heels and a don't-[bleep]-with-me attitude. The whip-cracking dominatrix Irene knew who she was...Tags: Bleep (euphemism), Italy, Sherlock (tv program), PBS (tv network), Martin Freeman
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