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| May. 9 |
Vatican |
Vatican decries Mexico Death Saint |
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| May. 8 |
Tennessee |
Nun guilty of nuclear site break-in |
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| May. 5 |
 Bangladesh |
Police break up Dhaka Islamist unrest 
Map of Dhaka Bangladesh Police have used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse a huge demonstration by Islamist protesters in the capital Dhaka
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| Apr.13 |
Vatican |
Pope sets up Vatican reform body |
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| Apr.11 |
Washington |
Korean War priest awarded US Medal of Honor |
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Scandal claims France's top rabbi |
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| Apr.7 |
Cairo |
Cairo violence after Coptic funerals
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| Apr.5 |
Vatican |
Pope calls for action on sex abuse |
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| Mar.31 |
Vatican |
Pope delivers Easter plea for peace
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| Mar.28 |
Rome |
Pope Francis washes youths' feet |
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| Mar.26 |
Vatican |
Pope Francis shuns grand residence |
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| Mar.23 |
Rome |
Pope Francis meets his predecessor
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| Mar.15 |
Vatican |
Vatican denies Dirty War allegations |
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| Mar.14 |
Vatican |
Pope sounds warning to Catholics |
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Francis begins papacy with humility |
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| Mar.13 |
 Vatican |
Church picks first South American pope Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era , the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis
| The election of a new Pope was signalled by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope Francis
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Cardinals undecided on next Pope Black smoke has issued from the Sistine Chapel in Rome, signalling that the second and third votes in the Papal election have been inconclus...
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| Mar.12 |
Vatican |
Cardinals to resume papal deliberations |
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No pope after cardinals' first vote Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that cardinals had not chosen one in the first ballot of their conclave
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Cardinals to begin voting for new Pope 115 cardinals have entered the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, where they will begin voting to elect a new Pope
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Cardinals set to elect new pope |
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| Feb.28 |
Vatican |
Benedict XVI steps down from papacy
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Benedict XVI quits Vatican City for last time as pope Amid pomp and ceremony, Benedict XVI left Vatican City for the last time as pope, ahead of his historic resignation as leader of the world's Catholics
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| Feb.27 |
Vatican |
Pope Benedict speaks in final papal audience Benedict XVI spoke of moments of struggle as well as joy Wednesday during his final public address from a stage set up in St. Peter's Square
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| Feb.26 |
Vatican |
Pope to hold final Vatican audience |
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| Feb.25 |
Scotland |
Archbishop resigns amid abuse claims
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| Feb.24 |
Vatican |
Pope delivers final public blessing |
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| Feb.23 |
Vatican |
Vatican attacks resignation 'gossip' |
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| Feb.11 |
Vatican |
Pope Benedict to resign at end of month | The spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics surprised the world Monday by saying he will resign at the end of the month 'because of advanced age'. The news startled and shocked the Catholic world and l... | |
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| Feb.9 |
India |
Holiest day at India's Kumbh Mela |
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| Dec.25 |
Vatican |
Pope in Christmas plea on Syria |
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| Nov.4 |
 Cairo |
Egypt's Coptic Christians pick new pope Coptic Christians picked Bishop Tawadros Theodorus II, a process that involved a blindfolded boy choosing one of three names in a crystal ch...
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| Sep.2 |
 South Korea |
'Moonies' founder dies aged 92 Self-styled messiah Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged...
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| Sep.1 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan blasphemy case imam held
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| Apr.8 |
Vatican |
Pope calls for end to Syria bloodshed |
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| Mar.27 |
Cuba |
Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana |
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| Mar.23 |
Mexico |
Mexico crowds cheer Pope Benedict |
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| Mar.19 |
 Southern France |
4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France| A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities. French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse... | |
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| Mar.18 |
Cairo |
Thousands mourn Egypt's Coptic Pope |
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| Mar.17 |
Egypt |
Egypt Coptic Christian Pope dies| Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88, state television has announced. Coptic Christians make up 10% of Egypt's 80 million population | |
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| Feb.21 |
 Afghanistan |
Nato in Afghanistan Koran apology US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran
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| Dec.26 |
Jerusalem |
Clashes in Israel segregation row
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| Dec.24 |
Vatican |
Pope berates Christmas 'glitter' |
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| Oct.27 |
 Tunisia |
Islamists win Tunisia's elections Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party has won the country's first democratic elections after the Arab Spring uprisings
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| Oct.24 |
Tunisia |
Moderate Islamist party claims election |
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| Oct.17 |
Sichuan |
Tibetan nun dies setting herself ablaze |
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| May.8 |
Egypt |
Muslim-Christian violence intensified |
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| May.1 |
Vatican |
John Paul II beatified
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| Apr.30 |
 Syria |
Syrian troops storm Daraa mosque The army has seized control of Omari mosque which had become a centre for anti-government protests in the southern Syrian city of Daraa
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| Apr.24 |
Vatican |
Pope calls for peace around world |
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| Apr.10 |
France |
French veil curbs come into force |
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| Apr.3 |
Afghanistan |
Afghan Koran protests spreading |
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| Mar.4 |
Libya |
Protests in Tripoli after prayers |
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| Dec.31 |
Egypt |
Deadly blast at Egyptian church
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| Dec.30 |
Baghdad |
Christians killed in Iraq attacks
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| Dec.24 |
Vatican |
Pope prays for peace at Rome Mass |
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| Nov.20 |
Vatican |
Condoms OK in some cases - Pope Benedict XVI has said the use of condoms is acceptable 'in certain cases', according to a new book
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| Nov.9 |
Indonesia |
Obama reaches out to Muslim world |
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| Oct.17 |
Vatican |
Australia got its first Catholic saint |
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| Sep.30 |
India |
Verdict divides India holy site |
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| Sep.16 |
Scotland |
Thousands attend Mass in Glasgow
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| Sep.14 |
Paris |
French senate approves burqa ban
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| Sep.7 |
Florida |
Church defiant over Koran burning
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| Aug.3 |
Manhattan |
'Ground Zero mosque' moves closer
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| Jun.24 |
Belgium |
Belgian Catholic offices raided in sex probe
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| Apr.9 |
Vatican |
Pope hit by new child abuse allegations |
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| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
Preacher compares row to anti-Semitism |
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| Mar.25 |
Vatican |
Pope accused of failing to act on abuse Benedict XVI has been accused of failing to act on complaints from two archbishops in the US about a priest who allegedly abused 200 deaf bo...
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| Mar.20 |
Vatican |
Pope says 'sorry' for Irish church abuse
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| Mar.17 |
Ireland |
Cardinal apologizes for child abuse failures |
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| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
Minaret collapse kills 41
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| Dec.24 |
Vatican |
Pope falls in incident at midnight Mass
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| Nov.29 |
 Switzerland |
Voters back ban on minarets Swiss voters, more than 57% of voters and 22 out of 26 cantons, have supported a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets
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| Jun.4 |
Egypt |
Obama speaks of tensions with Muslims
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| May.11 |
Tel Aviv |
Pope addresses Holocaust on Israel visit |
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| May.8 |
Jordan |
Pope begins Mid-East pilgrimage |
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| Mar.22 |
Angola |
Pope Mass draws big crowds |
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| Mar.17 |
 Cameroon |
Pope visits Africa, reaffirms condom ban Benedict XVI refused to soften the Vatican's ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope
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| Jul.18 |
Sydney |
Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse |
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| Jun.5 |
Turkey |
Court annuls Turkish scarf reform |
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| Apr.20 |
Manhattan |
Pope offers prayer at Ground Zero |
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| Apr.18 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
Pope Benedict makes speech to UN |
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| Apr.15 |
Washington |
Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict |
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| Apr.3 |
Texas |
Police entered YFZ compound
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| Mar.27 |
Netherlands |
Dutch MP posts Islam film on web
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| Oct.13 |
Vatican |
Vatican bars prelate in gay row |
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| Sep.26 |
Myanmar |
Monasteries in night raids |
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| Sep.18 |
 Myanmar |
'1,000 monks' march Military officials in Burma have used tear gas to disperse more than 1,000 Buddhist monks marched peacefully in two cities
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| Jul.22 |
Alps |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims |
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| Jul.10 |
Pakistan |
Red Mosque rebel cleric killed in crossfire |
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| May.9 |
Sao Paulo |
Pope lays down law on abortion |
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| Feb.9 |
Jerusalem |
Israeli police, Muslims clash at holy site |
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| Jan.7 |
Poland |
Archbishop of Warsaw quits amid row |
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| Nov.30 |
Istanbul |
Pope visits mosque
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| Nov.29 |
Turkey |
Pope holds Mass at Turkish shrine |
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| Nov.26 |
Istanbul |
Turkish protests at Pope's visit |
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| Nov.17 |
Netherlands |
Netherlands to propose burqa ban |
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| Oct.25 |
Australia |
Cleric in dress furore |
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| Sep.25 |
Italy |
Pope: My respect for Muslims |
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| Sep.16 |
Vatican |
Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam |
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| Sep.14 |
Arab Countries |
Muslims blast pope's Islam speech Muslim leaders have condemned Benedict over comments he made about Islam in Germany and demanded he apologize
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| Feb.6 |
Afghanistan |
Cartoon protests turn deadly |
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| Dec.29 |
Arab Countries |
Row deepens over Danish cartoons |
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| Aug.18 |
Ruhr |
Rapturous German welcome for Pope |
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| May.15 |
Washington |
Newsweek backs off Quran story
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| Apr.24 |
Vatican |
Benedict XVI installed as pope |
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| Apr.19 |
Vatican |
Ratzinger elected as new Pope 78-year-old German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is taking the name Pope Benedict XVI
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| Apr.8 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II buried in crypt
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| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II dies at 84 26-year reign as the charismatic leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics was highlighted by visits to 129 countries
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| Feb.24 |
Vatican |
Pope has surgery to aid breathing |
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| Feb.1 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul rushed to hospital
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| Sep.2 |
France |
Scarf ban comes into force |
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| Feb.10 |
Paris |
MPs back headscarf ban
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| Dec.11 |
Paris |
Headscarf ban recommended |
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| Nov.2 |
New Hampshire |
Gay bishop consecrated |
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| Apr.22 |
Iraq |
Shiite pilgrims flock to Karbala |
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| Nov.3 |
Turkey |
Landslide win for Islamic party |
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| Nov.14 |
Afghanistan |
Aid workers freed |
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| Sep.20 |
Kabul |
Clerics ask Bin Laden to leave |
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Jerusalem |
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