Pope Benedict XVI denounces the “evil” of drug-related violence in Mexico, as he embarks on his trip there.

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Pope Benedict XVI created 22 new cardinals on Saturday, including Timothy M. Dolan of New York, in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica rich in pageantry and resonant with ancient tradition.

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Pope Benedict XVI, appearing frail and tired, prayed for peace in the Middle East and Horn of Africa in his annual message, “Urbi et Orbi,” or “to the city and world,” from St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Pope Benedict XVI has used the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome to criticise the increasing commercialisation of the festival.

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VIDEO: Pope condemns ‘glitter’ of season

Pope Benedict XVI attacks the commercialisation of Christmas as he holds the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

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Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba in 2012, only the second visit by a pontiff to the Communist-run island, Vatican officials say.

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Pope set to visit Cuba next year

As Madrid prepares for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit, 120 priests signed a petition lamenting the cost and what they see as an inappropriate mixing of church and state.

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Madrid Journal: Catholic Clergy Protest Pope’s Visit, and Its Price Tag

Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated Mass, focusing on family values, before tens of thousands of people in the Croatian capital, Zagreb.

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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass with tens of thousands in Croatia before praying at the tomb of a controversial wartime cardinal.

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Pope Benedict XVI made a rare statement about his life in Nazi Germany Saturday while speaking before a German Catholic group in Regensburg that he belong to as a boy. “It looked like the continent was in the hands of [Hitler's] power, which put the…

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Pope Benedict XVI has made the first Papal call to astronauts in space.

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The pope called the International Space Station to bless the 12 astronauts on board Saturday. In the first papal call to space, Benedict XVI called the astronauts “our representatives spearheading humanity’s exploration of new spaces and possibilities…

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Pope Benedict XVI beatified his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, before a crowd of one million Sunday morning, as the sun shined brightly on St. Peter’s Square. The beatification was the fastest in modern times and brought the late pontiff closer to…

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John Paul II Beatified by Pope

Egypt recalls its Vatican ambassador for consultation after Pope Benedict XVI urged the country to do more to protect its Christian minority.

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Egypt recalls Vatican ambassador

Pope Benedict XVI speaks out against a recent wave of religious attacks against Christians and rallies worshippers not to “cave into depression and resignation.”

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Pope rallies Christians not to despair in face of attacks