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Earth Day 2013: 10 quotes about planet Earth
Earth Day is April 22. There is no shortage of famous musings on what Carl Sagan once called our 'pale blue dot.' Here are 10 of our favorite things said about planet Earth.
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What is a conclave? 7 things to know.
What, exactly, is a conclave? And how does it work? Here are 7 key points to understanding how the Vatican prepares to elect a pope.
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Catholicism in Latin America: 5 key facts
Pope Benedict XVI began his second trip to Latin America on March 23, with stops in Mexico and Cuba. Here is a brief history of the Catholic church in the Americas.
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In Pictures: Europe's love-hate relationship with the Pope
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In Pictures: Venezuela after Chavez
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Europe greets Pope Benedict's condom remarks as 'evolution, not revolution'
Pope Benedict's view that there might be rare cases where condom use is acceptable comes at a time when the Catholic church's image in Europe has been battered by child abuse scandals.
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Pope: bullish on agriculture
Agriculture needs a "strategic re-launching," says His Holiness.
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Pope's stance on condom use: U-turn or more of the same?
Pope Benedict XVI's comments on condom use are causing confusion and debate from Manila to Mexico City.
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In Spain, Pope Benedict XVI lambasts 'aggressive secularism'
Pope Benedict XVI tried to rally loyalists against 'aggressive secularism' this weekend during a visit to the traditional Catholic stronghold of Spain.
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Obama, drubbed at polls, now dropped from top spot in global power ranking
While Forbes magazine still terms President Obama the 'Leader of the Free World,’ the title of most powerful now goes to China's Hu Jintao.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/05
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Chile mine rescue a success after last of the miners is raised to safety
The last of the 33 miners trapped underground for months has been brought to the surface in a joyous ending to the Chile mine rescue efforts.
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Vatican bank probe revives Catholic Church's past financial scandals
Italian authorities are looking into allegations of money laundering in the Vatican's bank, adding to the Roman Catholic Church's recent woes over sex-abuse scandals.
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Vatican bank probed by Italian police investigating money-laundering
Vatican bank: The Vatican said it was "perplexed and surprised" by the investigation.
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Pope Benedict trip: Why move John Henry Newman toward sainthood?
Pope Benedict XVI plans on Sunday during his state visit to Britain to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, who converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism.
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Pope terror plot broken up with six arrests by British authorities
Pope terror plot allegedly involved five street cleaners who were picked up by police before dawn Friday in London. A sixth individual, implicated by authorities in the pope terror plot, was arrested later in the day.
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Pope Benedict XVI extends hand to a wary Britain
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Britain today for the first papal trip there since 1982. The visit is clouded by recent sex-abuse scandals and is being met with a distinct lack of reverence.
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Pope Benedict XVI travels to Britain this week, where indifference and outrage awaits
Pope Benedict XVI is making his first papal trip to Britain, beginning Thursday. Britons interviewed expressed a range of emotions about Pope Benedict XVI and his visit, ranging from anger to indifference.
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Why Afghanistan has reacted so sharply to threat of Quran burning
Afghanistan's history is replete with examples of insults against religion -- real or imagined -- fueling uprisings against foreign powers.The Quran burning threat is just the latest.
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Can global leaders' outcry minimize fallout from Koran burning plan?
The planned Florida Koran burning has compelled outcry from President Obama, Pakistani President Zardari, and others. Those messages appear to be muting wider Muslim reaction to the planned Koran burning.
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British Catholic adoption agency closes
The British Charitiy Commission ruled that Catholic Care can no longer limit adoption to heterosexual couples. Since they refuse to allow gay or lesbian couples to adopt, their doors will close.
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Glenn Beck sticks 'liberation theology' label on Obama's Christianity
On Tuesday's show, conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck said President Obama does not conform to 'true' Christian beliefs, but holds views akin to Marxist-aligned liberation theology.
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Lourdes Shrine bomb threat prompts evacuation
Lourdes Shrine: Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated from the shrine at Lourdes, France after a bomb threat.
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Pope Benedict XVI's 30-year campaign to reassert conservative Catholicism
Some believe Pope Benedict XVI is 'the greatest scholar to rule the church since [Pope] Innocent III," in the 13th century. Child-abuse scandals have marred his tenure.
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Vatican stirs storm on women priests in clarifying law on clergy abuse
The Vatican tries to clarify laws on women priests and clergy abuse after critics were outraged by inclusion of women's ordination on a list of grave crimes.
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Opinion: Syrian secularism: a model for the Middle East
Westerners don't see that Syria's embrace of diversity is a crucial bulwark against extremism.
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Bringing foot traffic to Israel's 'Jesus Trail'
Israeli Jew Maoz Inon saw a wealth of unrealized potential for Christian travelers in the lush Galilean hills, where Jesus once walked. He opened an inn and published an English guidebook, attracting Christian travelers to the 'Jesus Trail.'
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Supreme Court allows sex-abuse case to proceed against the Vatican
Supreme Court refuses the Vatican's request for dismissal, allowing a priest sex-abuse case in Oregon to proceed against the Holy See. The complaint seeks money damages from the church.
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