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Ex-pope's shadow Vatican role in the spotlight
By Ella Ide | 282 days ago
Ex-pope Benedict XVI seems to have broken his silence recently over key Catholic issues and his comments have raised serious...
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Soulmates
By Nancy Unchuan Toledo | October 31, 2015 - 10:00am
My friends who know me well would know that I have a great love for and devotion to saints.
Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
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Vatican bracing for new revelations of mismanagement
Over a year ago
The Vatican is bracing for more allegations of financial wrongdoing and mismanagement with the publication next week of two...
World
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Pope Benedict helped free American from Cuba
By Nicole Winfield | Over a year ago
Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the U.S. and Cuba together and free U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross....
World
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Pope hails Benedict, other elderly at Vatican fest
By Frances D'Emilio | September 29, 2014 - 7:02am
Pope Francis on yesterday hailed the value of the elderly, including his predecessor Benedict XVI, who joined him at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square honoring the contribution of grandparents to society.
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A tale of two popes
By Mike Acebedo Lopez | May 3, 2014 - 12:00am
Last Sunday, Pope Francis canonized two predecessors — an unprecedented move that's seen to unify conservative and progressive components of a two millennia-old church challenged by the changing times —...
Freeman Opinion
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Benedict to join in double sainthood ceremony
By Frances D'Emilio | April 27, 2014 - 7:08am
Retired pontiff Benedict XVI will help Pope Francis celebrate the sainthood ceremony Sunday for John Paul II and John XXIII, setting the stage for an unprecedented occurrence of two living popes canonizing two of...
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Retired Pope Benedict critiqued Francis' interview
By Nicole Winfield | March 19, 2014 - 7:07am
The man who serves two popes has revealed that retired Pope Benedict XVI wrote four pages of critique and commentary on Pope Francis's landmark interview in which he blasted the church's obsession with "small-minded"...
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Benedict denies he was pressured to resign
By Nicole Winfield | February 27, 2014 - 7:01am
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has denied speculation that he was pressured to leave office, saying his decision was freely made and his alone.
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2 popes on hand in historic 1st cardinal ceremony
By Nicole Winfield | February 23, 2014 - 7:37am
In an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future, retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony yesterday to formally install new cardinals who will elect their successor.
World
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