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Snow flurries delight visitors to St Peter’s Square
Saturday, February 4th, 2012Rare snowfall turns Vatican in a winter wonderland
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Cardinal Kasper addresses Church crisis in new book
Sunday, January 29th, 2012Former Vatican official explores ‘lights and shadows of the Church’
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Benedict XVI dedicates general audience to prayer of Jesus at Last Supper
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Christ’s prayer at the Last Supper can be seen as ‘as instituting the Church’, the Pope says
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Pope remembers trip to Germany at general audience
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011During today’s general audience, the Pope reflected on his four-day trip to his native Germany. The audience was held in St Peter’s Square with roughly 10,000 people in attendance
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Pope visits Martin Luther’s monastery
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Pope Benedict XVI meets Lutherans and participates in an ecumenical ceremony in the Augustinian monastery of Erfurt
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Pope prays at Erfurt’s Cathedral
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Benedict XVI prays at the Cathedral of St Mary and greets theology professors from the University of Erfurt
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Benedict XVI arrives in Erfurt
Friday, September 23rd, 2011The Pope was welcomed by the minister president of Thuringia, Christine Lieberknecht
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Pope’s homily: with God we can transform even the negative into love
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium attended by 74,000
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Pope calls on Germany’s parliament to recognise what is just
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Benedict XVI receives standing ovation after address to Bundestag
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Pope arrives in Berlin
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Benedict XVI was welcomed by Germany’s president Christian Wulff and by Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Pope Benedict XVI prepares for third trip to Germany
Saturday, September 17th, 2011This will be his first official state visit to his homeland
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Benedict XVI: how to turn pain into hope
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011During his general audience the Pope explained the importance of Psalm 22
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Pope’s apartment receives makeover
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Groundskeepers were hard at work during the Pope’s stay at Castel Gandolfo
Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips