http://www.mail.com/int/people/7658-pope-benedict-xvi.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/int/people/7658-pope-benedict-xvi.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102862-pope-issues-appeal-chinese-catholics.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI. Francis urged special prayers Wednesday for China's faithful that they may "live their daily lives in service to their country and their fellow citizens in a way consistent with the faith they profess." ... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:41:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102862-pope-issues-appeal-chinese-catholics.html 2013-05-22T14:41:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader. Some 200,000 people, f... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html 2013-05-18T23:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that financial and political leaders reform the global financial system to make it more ethical ... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html 2013-05-16T16:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in the crowd thrust a white bird cage with two doves inside at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the ca... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html 2013-05-15T12:33:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. The Vatican on Monday released statistics on the state of the Catholic ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html 2013-05-13T14:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2076252-2-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/int/news/europe/2076252-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html 2013-05-10T12:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2072270-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds. Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves has not confirmed that he is being asked to step down as leader of the Catholic Church i... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:29:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2072270-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html 2013-05-08T23:29:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2069600-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with international anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing norms. It's the fourth such agreement inked by the Holy See as it seeks to improve its reputation in global financial circles ... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2069600-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html 2013-05-07T21:16:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one. Pope Francis welcomed Benedict outside his new retirement home — a converted monastery on the edge of the Vatic... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html 2013-05-02T19:16:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053304-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-thursday.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI is coming home. The Vatican says the 86-year-old emeritus pontiff will move into his new retirement home in the Vatican gardens Thursday. Benedict has been living at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome, since he resigned Feb. 28. The Vatican... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053304-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-thursday.html 2013-04-30T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2049080-leftist-priests-francis-church-in-ruins.html 2013-04-28T15:15:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2036912-vatican-official-romero-saint-effort-unblocked.html 2013-04-22T22:25:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2036758-ex-bishops-widow-wants-optional-priestly-celibacy.html 2013-04-22T19:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2027908-book-interviews-with-future-pope-april-30.html NEW YORK (AP) — A book of interviews with the future Pope Francis will be coming out in English at the end of the month. "Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio" is scheduled for release April 30, G.P. Putnam's Sons announced Thursday. The book, an international best seller published in Spanish in 2010, includes the Argentine's thoughts on every... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2027908-book-interviews-with-future-pope-april-30.html 2013-04-18T12:00:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2020642-pope-francis-supports-crackdown-us-nuns.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See's crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the nuns' own social outreach would take a different approach than his predecessor. The Vatican last year imposed an overhaul of the Leadership Conf... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:15:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2020642-pope-francis-supports-crackdown-us-nuns.html 2013-04-15T19:15:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html 2013-04-13T17:35:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2016642-vatican-holds-dialogue-with-nonbelievers-mexico.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says it will hold a dialogue with nonbelievers in three Mexican cities next month. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, who heads the Vatican's culture office, says this will be the first time for "Courtyard of the Gentiles" meetings to take place in a Latin American country. He said Friday that drug trafficking and the religiosity ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:56:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2016642-vatican-holds-dialogue-with-nonbelievers-mexico.html 2013-04-12T20:56:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2012968-frances-top-rabbi-takes-leave-amid-scandal.html PARIS (AP) — France's top rabbi announced Thursday he is taking leave from his post, hoping to end a scandal that has unsettled the Jewish community after he acknowledged "borrowing" other people's work and lying about his educational pedigree. The Central Consistory of France accepted Rabbi Gilles Bernheim's request for time away at an urgent meeting to ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2012968-frances-top-rabbi-takes-leave-amid-scandal.html 2013-04-11T15:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2007858-un-chief-korea-tensions-spiral-uncontrollably.html ROME (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned Tuesday that even a slight miscalculation on the Korean peninsula could spiral into an "uncontrollable situation" as he urged North Korea to tone down its provocative rhetoric and ease the "very dangerous" level of tension. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, also called on Pyongyang to restar... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:31:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2007858-un-chief-korea-tensions-spiral-uncontrollably.html 2013-04-09T18:31:18Z