Many American Catholics followed the daylong funeral and burial rites for Sen. Edward M. K annidy looking for signs of the ongoing struggle between the traditionalist and liberal wings of their Church. The passing of the most notable U.S. Catholic p
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says doctors have removed the pope's cast six weeks after he broke his right wrist in a fall. A Vatican statement Friday said an X-ray showed the fracture has healed. The statement said the pope would undergo rehabilitatio
VATICAN CITY - A papal spokesman says doctors have checked Pope Benedict XVI's broken wrist and are pleased with how the injury is healing. The Rev. Federico Lombardi said in a statement that doctors from Aosta hospital as well as Vatican doctors ca
Aosta, July 11 - Around 200 police will be deployed on a 24-hour basis to ensure the safety of Pope Benedict XVI when he begins his summer holiday on Monday in the Val D'Aosta mountain village of Les Combes di Introd. Specialist officers including a
Vatican City, July 1 - Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical will be presented on July 7, the Vatican said Wednesday. In the encyclical, Caritas in Veritate Charity in Truth, the pontiff discusses economics, globalisation and the need to rise above m
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