Pope Benedict XVI

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Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church, which includes the Latin Church and the twenty-two sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches. Often regarded as the present successor to Saint Peter, Benedict XVI was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship.

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Charlotte Allen: Christian Martyrs to Islam, Past and Present

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 23 2013, 6:22pm CDT

On May 12 Pope Francis officially canonized more than 800 male Catholic residents of the southern Italian port of Otranto, who in 1480 were beheaded en masse for refusing to convert to Islam after their c ...

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Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer  |   May 23 2013, 5:14pm CDT

Pope Francis is stirring global attention with a Wednesday homily, in which the recently elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church declared that Christ redeems “all of us” — including atheists. “We are all children of God — all of us: And God love ...

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Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 23 2013, 1:58pm CDT

Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley would have done well if, before he shunned Boston College's commencement, he consulted the writings of another Catholic cardinal, Cardinal John Henry Newman ("A Cardinal Boycotts Boston College" by Anne Hendershott, House ...

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Source: The Hermeneutic of Continuity  |   May 23 2013, 12:57pm CDT

The Catholic Truth Society has just released its new selection of pamphlets which are, as ever, a great service to the Church and especially to those who wish to learn more about their faith, and grow in their spiritual life. The CTS tak ...

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Source: Pambazuka  |   May 23 2013, 11:27am CDT

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Source: The Week  |   May 23 2013, 9:41am CDT

ene Bruelhart, the head of the Vatican's new Financial Intelligence Authority, disclosed Wednesday that he had found six incidents of possible money laundering in the Vatican Bank from last year — marking the first step in what may be a new ...

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Vatican’s Financial Intelligence Unit Nets Suspicious Activity

Source: National Catholic Register  |   May 23 2013, 8:15am CDT

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican revealed that its enhanced procedures have enabled it to flag more suspicious transactions in 2012 than it did in 2011. “I’m not saying that everything is great and perfect, but that a lot of progress has been made in the last ...

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Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 22 2013, 10:20pm CDT

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