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                    [Title] => Life stories of Benedict XVI & John Paul 2
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GMA News TV looks back on the life stories of the two last Popes, who had once took on the role of leading more than a billion Catholic faithful.

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‘Thank God!’  This was the fervent reaction, not to prayers answered or a religious miracle, or even divine intervention.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134681 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420927 [AuthorName] => Joseph Gonzales [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909223 [Title] => The meme-fication of Pope Benedict XVI [Summary] =>

The Internet has left no room for sanctity. Everybody gets a public platform to say what they want about anything or anyone they want.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1214768 [AuthorName] => Cate de Leon [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909005 [Title] => Abdication [Summary] =>

At 55, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle is too young (and too junior a cardinal) to be chosen as the next leader of the world’s Catholics.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909062 [Title] => Sede vacante [Summary] =>

If you’re a Christian, particularly Catholic, then the biggest piece of news to reach your ears would be the Pope’s decision to step down by the end of the month, something that has not been done in the last six centuries! Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will step down as the Catholic Church’s supreme leader and pastor on Feb. 28, citing his health and advanced age.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 674311 [Title] => NBS recommends books for Holy Week [Summary] =>

Christianity, one of the world’s great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 635760 [Title] => German cardinal asks abuse victims for forgiveness [Summary] =>

The archbishop of Munich and Freising begged forgiveness on Friday for "everything those working for the church have done" as he presented a report that showed over 250 priests and religion teachers abused children in a diocese that was once presided over by Pope Benedict XVI.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-04 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275443 [Title] => Pope Benedict XVI [Summary] => The roman catholic church elected Germany’s Joseph Ratzinger as its first new pope of the third millennium Tuesday, asking him to guide its 1.1 billion followers around the world into a new era.

The 78-year-old cardinal, a staunch conservative who has been the Vatican’s doctrinal enforcer, will take the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440503 [AuthorName] => Kevin McElderry [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275182 [Title] => POPE BENEDICT XVI [Summary] => The roman catholic church elected Germany’s Joseph Ratzinger as its first new pope of the third millennium Tuesday, asking him to guide its 1.1 billion followers around the world into a new era.

The 78-year-old cardinal, a staunch conservative who has been the Vatican’s doctrinal enforcer, will take the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440503 [AuthorName] => Kevin McElderry [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274971 [Title] => Clarity [Summary] => During The David Osborne lecture last Thursday, while all in the audience bemoaned the inability of our government to be decisive, Bill Luz of the Makati Business Club took note of the decisiveness that characterized the recently concluded conclave, wondering what lessons we might learn from it.

For a nation distressed by the gridlock we call government and the petty politicking we call Congress, the efficiency and the great sense of purpose of the conclave is indeed startling.
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