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		<title>Papal center&#8217;s spiral costly</title>
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&#8216;To raise millions for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida promised donors a world-class landmark in Washington, D.C., with an all-star lineup of famous scholars and door-busting exhibits of priceless artworks like Michelangelo&#8217;s Pieta.
The Vatican never sent any such masterpieces, however. The money ran out to hire the famous scholars. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope to visit Britain next year</title>
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&#8216;Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain in September next year to the delight of the nation&#8217;s four million Catholics.
Details of the trip &#8212; the first papal tour to Britain for nearly 25 years &#8212; are being kept a secret because of security fears, the Daily Mirror said Wednesday.
An anonymous source told the newspaper: &#8220;Millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Paul&#8217;s sainthood centers on young nun</title>
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&#8216;The sudden recovery of a young French nun suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s disease is at the heart of the sainthood case for Pope John Paul II, the Polish priest who heads the inquiry said Monday.
The Vatican needs to confirm a miracle after John Paul&#8217;s death for the pontiff to be beatified, the first step toward his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priest probes possible miracle in John Paul II saint case</title>
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&#8216;The sudden recovery of a young French nun suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s disease is at the heart of the sainthood case for Pope John Paul II, the Polish priest who heads the inquiry said Monday.
The Vatican needs to confirm a miracle after John Paul&#8217;s death for the pontiff to be beatified, the first step toward his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict chooses 15 new cardinals, and two are from U.S.</title>
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&#8216;Pope Benedict named 15 cardinals Wednesday, including an outspoken critic of China&#8217;s record on human rights and two Americans who have played pivotal roles in responding to the clergy sex abuse scandal.
The Americans are Archbishop Sean O&#8217;Malley of Boston and William Levada, the former archbishop of San Francisco who now holds a high post at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope to name new Cardinals soon</title>
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&#8216;Pope Benedict is widely expected to soon announce his first batch of cardinals, the prelates who help him run the Roman Catholic Church and act as his top advisors.
Some Vatican sources believe he may announce the names of new members of what is arguably the world&#8217;s most exclusive men&#8217;s club as early as this Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope urges caution on new converts to French Catholic group</title>
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&#8216;Pope Benedict XVI warned a French Catholic community to be careful about whom it recruits, following a series of headline-grabbing incidents involving its members.
The Congregation of Saint John should learn from past experiences and be more careful to check the religious callings of new monks, the Pope told some 1,800 members of the community present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Vatican priest returns to Canada to face child sex charges</title>
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&#8216;A priest who once worked at the Vatican and was purportedly good friends with the late
Pope John Paul II has returned to Canada to face criminal charges involving sex with children decades ago, police told AFP.
Monsignor Bernard Prince, 71, was arrested upon his arrival at the Montreal airport from Italy late Tuesday, said Sergeant Kristine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Calls Turkey Trip a Critical Test</title>
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&#8216;A planned papal trip to Turkey will be a critical test of Christian-Muslim relations, a top Roman Catholic official said Wednesday, citing a priest&#8217;s slaying that a Vatican newspaper has linked to protests over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
&#8220;Now (the trip) becomes very serious,&#8221; Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the Vatican&#8217;s office for Christian unity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Lady Discusses Terrorism With Pope</title>
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&#8216;Laura Bush said Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern over violence linked to the prophet drawings in their meeting Thursday, with the pontiff calling for peace and tolerance.
&#8220;He talked to me about the worries of terrorism, the worries right now of the violence in Beirut and Damascus and other cities,&#8221; Mrs. Bush said after the 20-minute [...]]]></description>
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