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Category - Pope Benedict XVI

1 Dec 2011

Pope Benedict encourages anti-death penalty initiatives

Pope Benedict has given encouragement to those seeking the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, at a meeting of the Sant'Egidio Community.
16 Nov 2011

Pope Benedict meets with president of the European Council

Pope Benedict XVI met with Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council at the Vatican yesterday, discussing the continent's future.
28 Oct 2011

Cross is about love not crusades, says world churches' chief

The cross "is not for crusades but a sign of God’s love embracing everybody", the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches says.
3 Oct 2011

Pope meets with Russian Orthodox ecumenical officer

Pope Benedict XVI has met with Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Orthodox Church's chief ecumenical affairs officer, at Castel Gandolfo.
12 Aug 2011

WCC will participate in World Youth Day in Madrid

The World Council of Churches is to participate in the World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain, 16-21 August, in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI.
26 Apr 2011

Pope urges compassion for conflict refugees

Pope Benedict has called for an end to violence in Libya and the Ivory Coast and has prayed for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
6 Apr 2011

Australian bishop retires early, 'drained' by abuse scandals

The Pope has accepted the early resignation of a bishop in Australia whose diocese has been beset by several prominent sex-abuse scandals.
13 Mar 2011

Pope issues vehement denunciation of 'violence in the name of God'

Violence committed in the name of God or religion is a "favorite instrument of the Antichrist," Pope Benedict XVI writes in a new book on Jesus.
24 Feb 2011

Pope and Russian president vow to strengthen relationship

In their first full meeting, Pope Benedict XVI and President Dmitry Medvedev have expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral relations.
5 Feb 2011

UK aid budget raided to pay for Pope's British visit

A House of Commons Select Committee has asked why £1.85 million was taken from the international aid budget to fund Pope Benedict's 2010 visit to Britain.

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