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Mexico Gang Flies Banners Ahead Of Pope's Visit To Leon

A drug gang unfurled banners in a Mexican city that Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit next month, telling rival traffickers to keep out and keep the peace during the papal visit.

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Shhh: Pope urges silence to communicate better

VATICAN CITY -Pope Benedict XVI is asking everyone to quiet down.

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We've Got to Make This Journey Together

On April 25, 2004, I stood with 1 million other pro-choice supporters on the National Mall for the historic March for Women's Lives.

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Neocatechumenal Way, Controversial Lay Group, Approved By Pope

VATICAN CITY (RNS) After a 15-year process, the Holy See on Friday (Jan. 20) gave its final approval to the Neocatechumenal Way, a lay movement that has been criticized for its unorthodox liturgical practices but that has been successful in attracting followers.

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Pope on Gay Marriage: "A Threat to Humanity"

On January 9th, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of diplomats that family is only "based on the marriage of a man and a woman" and then went on to say that "policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself."

Pope Benedict XVI News From the Web

02/10/12 Attempt on Pope Benedict XVI's life planned? Source: PanArmenian.net Almost all Italian online media are in a frenzy about a letter to be revealed in one of Italy's largest national dailies, Il Fatto Quotidiano.The document, written in German, discloses a plan of attempting on Pope Benedict XVI 's life in the nearest future, according to Rorate Caeli blogspot.
02/09/12 Congo cardinal to preach Lenten Retreat at Vatican Source: Catholic World News Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to preach the annual Lenten Retreat for the Roman Curia.
02/09/12 Railing Against Pollution Standards, Conservative... Source: Climate Progress A conservative religious organization with ties to the oil industry is lashing out at health-conscious evangelical leaders for supporting new federal rules on mercury.
02/09/12 Pope: America âIncreasingly Hostileâ to... Source: Anglican Mainstream Pope Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Vatican and told them America is becoming "increasingly hostile" to Christianity, according to Zenit.
02/09/12 Archbishop Dolan: government must stop intrusion in... Source: Catholic World News New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan has indicated that he would welcome any sign that the Obama administration is prepared to back away from its mandate requiring coverage of contraception and sterilization in employers' health plans.

Background on Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict 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 as well as 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See.

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