Francis X. Rocca

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI marked the first anniversary of
the Haiti earthquake on Wednesday (Jan. 12) by naming a new archbishop
for the country's capital city.
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The government of Egypt recalled its ambassador
to the Vatican on Tuesday (Jan. 11) to protest a demand by Pope Benedict
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Monday (Jan. 10) decried
violence against Christians in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, as well
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According to the Vatican, Pope Bene­dict XVI's comments published
late last year about condoms do not mark a change in "Catholic moral
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While still a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI sought in vain to expedite
the process for defrocking priests guilty of grave crimes, according to a
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Holocaust-denying bishop whose readmission to
the Roman Catholic Church provoked an international outcry last year now
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican announced on Friday (Nov. 19) that it
is preparing international guidelines to prevent the sexual abuse of
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A week and a half after losing five Anglican
bishops to the Catholic Church, the leader of the worldwide Anglican
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Catholic archbishops of New York and Boston
will meet personally with victims of abusive priests as part of a
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI denounced abortion, same-sex
marriage and the absence of religion in public life during a weekend
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's top spokesman appealed to victims
of pedophile priests who demonstrated near the Vatican on Sunday (Oct.
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI told scientists that their
research can lead to knowledge of God by revealing the natural order of
the universe.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Tuesday (Oct. 26) called for
former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz to be spared the death
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A special Vatican meeting on the Middle East
ended Saturday (Oct. 23) with a flare-up in Catholic-Jewish tensions,
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Several days after the Vatican's official
newspaper reported that characters Homer and Bart Simpson are Catholic,
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two American archbishops, one serving in Rome and the
other in Washington, D.C., will be granted a cardinal's red hat in a
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Wednesday (Sept. 8) joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other high-level U.S....