http://www.mail.com/in-en/people/1496-pope-john-paul-ii.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/people/1496-pope-john-paul-ii.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. The Holy See on Tuesday unveiled details of its Venice p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076256-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches. Pope Francis welcomed the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, in the first such meeting at the Vatican in 40 years, saying his visit "strengthens... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076256-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html 2013-05-10T12:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049080-leftist-priests-francis-church-in-ruins.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new pope from Latin America known for ministering to the poor in his country's slums is raising the hopes of advocates of liberation theology, whose leftist social activism had alarmed previous pontiffs. Prominent liberation theologian Leonardo Boff said Pope Francis has what it takes to fix a church "in ruins" and shares ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:15:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049080-leftist-priests-francis-church-in-ruins.html 2013-04-28T15:15:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2036912-vatican-official-romero-saint-effort-unblocked.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican official spearheading the case to make slain Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador a saint said Tuesday the process is moving forward under Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, after years of delay under previous popes. Separately Tuesday, an Italian religious affairs magazine reported that a panel of Vatican-ap... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:25:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2036912-vatican-official-romero-saint-effort-unblocked.html 2013-04-22T22:25:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2036758-ex-bishops-widow-wants-optional-priestly-celibacy.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end priestly celibacy. This woman, whose romance with a bishop and eventual marriage became a major scandal in the 1960s, is such a close friend with Pope Fran... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:24:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2036758-ex-bishops-widow-wants-optional-priestly-celibacy.html 2013-04-22T19:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions. The advisory panel includes only one current Vatican offi... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:35:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html 2013-04-13T17:35:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2017626-poland-unveils-giant-statue-john-paul-ii.html CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — A giant statue of the late Pope John Paul II billed as the world's tallest has been unveiled in southern Poland. Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the statue of the Polish pontiff Saturday in the southern city of Czestochowa, the home of this predominantly Catholic nation's most famous pilgrimage site, the Jasna Gora monastery. ... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:11:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2017626-poland-unveils-giant-statue-john-paul-ii.html 2013-04-13T15:11:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2007904-giant-john-paul-ii-statue-readied-unveiling.html CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Workers are putting the finishing touches on a new statue of the late Pope John Paul II that its backer is calling the tallest one of the pontiff in the world. The 13.8-meter (45.3-foot) white fiberglass figure will tower over the southern Polish city of Czestochowa, home to the predominantly Catholic country's most important pi... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2007904-giant-john-paul-ii-statue-readied-unveiling.html 2013-04-09T17:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2003444-francis-honors-john-paul-ii-installation.html ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop of Rome on Sunday in a ceremony characterized by more simplicity than the usual ritual and pomp enjoyed by papal predecessors taking up their pastoral duties. In yet another sign that Francis sees his mission as pontiff as one of humble service, he used his arrival at St. John in Lateran Basilica t... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:55:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2003444-francis-honors-john-paul-ii-installation.html 2013-04-08T02:55:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2000270-pope-seeks-decisive-action-sex-abuse.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis directed the Vatican on Friday to act decisively on clergy sex abuse cases and punish pedophile priests, saying the Catholic Church's "credibility" was on the line. The announcement was quickly dismissed by some victims' advocates as just more talk, while others lobbying for reform in the church held out hope the new pontiff might challenge t... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:12:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2000270-pope-seeks-decisive-action-sex-abuse.html 2013-04-05T20:12:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1993790-francis-marks-anniversary-john-paul-ii-death.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis prayed Tuesday before the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the eighth anniversary of the beloved pontiff's death in what the Vatican said was evidence of Francis' "profound spiritual continuity" with popes past. In his three weeks as pope, Francis has jolted the Catholic Church with several gestures that broke with papal tradi... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1993790-francis-marks-anniversary-john-paul-ii-death.html 2013-04-03T05:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1991708-pope-francis-lung.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Does the pope have only one lung? Despite erroneous reports that Pope Francis has lived most of his life with just one lung, the surgery actually only removed the upper part of his right lung, and his friends and family say he remains in good health for a 76-year-old man. The Buenos Aires archdiocese and ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:46:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1991708-pope-francis-lung.html 2013-04-01T21:46:41Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1983434-pope-reluctant-to-pope-what-mean.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than the grand papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace. It might seem as if Pope Francis is in a bit of denial over his new job as leader of the world's 1.2-billion Catholics. Or perhaps he's s... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:35:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1983434-pope-reluctant-to-pope-what-mean.html 2013-03-27T22:35:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1982520-pope-francis-forces-argentine-political-about-face.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's populist president Cristina Fernandez and most of her followers have managed to pull off in the days since the cardinal she treated as a political arch-enemy became Pope Francis. But there a... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:55:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1982520-pope-francis-forces-argentine-political-about-face.html 2013-03-27T16:55:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1967422-unpredictable-pope-worries-security-team.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Forgive Pope Francis' security team for looking a bit nervous. One pope was shot in St. Peter's Square while riding in an open vehicle. Another was tackled by a woman with mental problems in St. Peter's Basilica. So in the early days of Francis' pontificate, as the pope delights the flock by wading into crowds and pressing the flesh, i... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:02:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1967422-unpredictable-pope-worries-security-team.html 2013-03-20T15:02:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1967034-zimbabwes-president-calls-african-papal-visit.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he wants Pope Francis to visit Africa because he is "a man of God who will be praying for all of us, praying for the sinful world to repent." Mugabe attended the Pope's inaugural mass on Tuesday despite a ban on him travelling to most European countries to protest his human rights record and ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:16:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1967034-zimbabwes-president-calls-african-papal-visit.html 2013-03-20T13:16:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1964802-challenge-pope-europes-dwindling-church.html BORGLOON, Belgium (AP) — The church is made of rusty steel beams separated by gaps, and its austere beauty won it an international prize. Yet the eerie desolation of the see-through art installation has also turned into a reflection on the state of Roman Catholicism on a religion-weary continent where real churches, like the dozen dotting the hills of this verdant area, incr... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1964802-challenge-pope-europes-dwindling-church.html 2013-03-19T15:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1962050-pope-installation-draws-world-religious-leaders.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' diplomatic skills will be put to the test on Tuesday as he hosts political leaders from 130 nations and religious representatives from a variety of faiths who are descending on Rome for his installation Mass, with Latin America strongly represented to celebrate the first pope from the New World. Among the VIPs expected is... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:20:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1962050-pope-installation-draws-world-religious-leaders.html 2013-03-18T22:20:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1961980-orthodox-patriarch-to-rome-popes-installation.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, will attend Pope Francis' installation Mass — the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church has attended a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago. Bartholomew said he is doing that to underscore the impor... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:55:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1961980-orthodox-patriarch-to-rome-popes-installation.html 2013-03-18T21:55:39Z