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Pope to beatify ‘gay’ Cardinal Newman

Today is the last day of Pope Benedict XVI’s UK visit, and he will hold a mass in the English Midlands, where 19th-century Catholic convert Cardinal Newman will be beatified as part of his road to sainthood.

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Five men arrested by police during Pope’s London visit

Five men have been arrested on potential terrorism charges during Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK. However, his itinerary has not been changed.

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Fury as Pope appears to equate UK atheism with Nazism

Secularists in the UK are outraged after Pope Benedict XVI seemed to associate atheism with Nazism during his speech to Queen Elizabeth II yesterday.

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Campaign during Pope's UK visit calls for women's ordination

London - Timed to be active during Pope Benedict's four-day trip to England and Scotland, campaigners for the Catholic Women's Ordination campaign (CWO) will use London buses for ads that read 'Pope Benedict - Ordain Women Now!'

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Pilgrims to be charged £25 to see Pope during UK visit

As concern mounts over the cost of the Pope’s visit to Britain in September, it’s emerged that the faithful will have to cough up £25 (US$39) to see him.

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Op-Ed: Pope's gaffe of the century - respect the rights of victims

Rome - What does it mean that when pope Benedict talks about 'respecting the rights of victims,' he's not talking about sexually abused kids, but about church officials detained for a few hours by Belgian police? Is it a mere gaffe, or a truly Freudian slip?

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Vatican wants to reach out to atheists – but some are not welcome

In what seems to be a one-way initiative, the Vatican has set up a new project to reach out to atheists – but prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens will not be allowed to take part.

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Vatican in grip of unprecedented nervous tension

Vienna - The official papal biographer has said that Cardinal Schönborn’s latest verbal attack on Cardinal Sodano is without precedent and shows how much tensions exist within the Church hierarchy about the sexual abuse scandals

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Pope says Internet needs more soul, more Christian bloggers

During a meeting last weekend about communication and new media, Benedict XVI spoke of a need to give the Internet "a soul" and to humanize the dynamics of the digital world, calling on more online Christians to give witness to their beliefs.

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Update: Lawsuit charges Vatican, Pope and other church officials

Saint Paul - U.S. attorney Jeff Anderson, of Minneapolis, has launched a lawsuit against Pope Benedict and other Vatican officials over their handling of the Lawrence C. Murphy case.

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