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  Pope baptises Muslim at Easter vigil Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator Magdi Allam converted to Roman Catholicism on Saturday during the Easter vigil service
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| Mar.23 |
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Pope calls for Easter Day peace  Thousands of pilgrims packed into a rain-soaked St Peter's Square to hear Pope Benedict XVI give his Easter address
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| Apr.15 |
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 Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict| Pope received an unprecedented presidential greeting from Bush as he arrived for his first official visit to the US | |
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| Apr.16 |
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Pope attacks US sex abuse record| Benedict XVI has criticised US bishops for their handling of child sex scandals, saying the response to the crisis had been very poor | |
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| Apr.18 |
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Pope Benedict makes speech to UN| The head of the Roman Catholic Church has begun a speech to the United Nations on the final leg of his six-day US tour | |
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| Apr.19 |
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Pope tells of youth under Nazis Benedict XVI has spoken out for the first time about growing up under the 'monster' of Nazism. He was a Hitler Youth member as a teen
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| Apr.20 |
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Stadium Mass ends Pope's US visit Benedict XVI said farewell to the U.S. by celebrating an open-air Mass with 55,000 people at Yankee baseball stadium
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| May.10 |
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Pope: Sex can become 'like a drug' Benedict XVI acknowledged that the teaching against birth control was difficult as he praised a 1968 Church document that condemned contraception
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| Jul.12 |
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 Pope to apologise for sex scandal Benedict XVI has said he will apologise for decades of sexual abuse of children by Australian priests as he headed to Australia on the longest trip
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia Pope has arrived to lead hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the Roman Catholic church's youth festival
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| Jul.16 |
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Pope lauds apology to Aborigines Benedict XVI has praised the Australian government for apologising to the indigenous people for past injustices
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| Jul.18 |
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Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse Benedict XVI apologized to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as 'evil' and a grave betrayal of trust
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| Sep.18 |
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Pope defends WWII pontiff's role Benedict XVI has defended the actions of predecessor Pius XII, saying the pontiff spared no effort to try to save Jews
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| Oct.12 |
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India's Christians first woman saint| Pope gave the church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India | |
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