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December 26, 2008 - VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI yesterday urged a world confronting a financial crisis, conflict and increasing poverty not to lose hope at Christmas, but to join in "authentic solidarity"...more >

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November 28, 2008 - VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI may visit the Holy Land next year, the Vatican spokesman said yesterday. Benedict has a long-standing invitation from Israel, but a tax dispute and other issues...more >

HE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE NAZIS

By BEN MACINTYRE

October 26, 2008 - The streets of Paris ask an insistent moral question, now more than half a century old but as pertinent as ever. On many street corners, small plaques commemorate those who faced up to Nazism: "...more >

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE

September 21, 2008 - If the walls at The House That Ruth Built could talk, these are the stories they would tell - of home runs, heroics and remarkable history. Luckily, those who witnessed or even participated in 85...more >

LOSING THEIR RELIGION

By KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ

August 17, 2008 - Being Catholic now is a tragedy. That is, at least, if you read National Public Radio's Cokie Roberts. "I disagree with the church all of the time. There's hardly ever a time that...more >

EGAN RIPS HIM FOR TAKING COMMUNION

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and DAN MANGAN

April 29, 2008 -

An irate Edward Cardinal Egan yesterday blasted abortion backer Rudy Giuliani for breaking a long-secret promise to him by taking Communion at the pope's recent Mass in St. Patrick's...more >