Pope Benedict XVI News

Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.

Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting next week in central Italy to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn.

VATICAN CITY, JULY 3, 2009 .- Benedict's schedule for his September visit to the homeland of the Infant of Prague was released today.

VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2009 .- Benedict XVI will be praying in July for the Christians in the Middle East.

Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, the secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to become archpriest of the Roman basilica of St.

Vatican City, July 3 - A recent scientific analysis on a tomb Vatican officials believe belongs to St Paul does not ''confirm or exclude'' that the relics inside are those of the apostle, the head of the Vatican Museums' diagnostics laboratory said Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI today announced the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman.

VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2009 .- Benedict XVI's new encyclical, titled "Caritas in Veritate," will be released Tuesday, the Vatican announced.

VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2009 .- Benedict XVI decried extortion as a form of humiliating slavery, calling on governments to support families who find the courage to denounce those who prey on their already-difficult situations.

President Barack Obama said Thursday that he still favors a "robust" federal policy protecting health-care workers who have moral objections to performing some procedures, even though he plans to roll back a Bush administration rule that expanded such protection.

Rome, July 2 - Defenders of wartime pope Pius XII have ''nice surprises'' in store, the keeper of the Vatican's secret archives said Thursday.

The seventy-sixth meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation took place at St.

The restoration of frescoes by Michelangelo in the Vatican has revealed what is believed to be a self-portrait of the artist.

On Monday 29 June, the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, presided a Concelebration of the Eucharist with 34 new Archbishops to whom he consigned the Pallium.

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 28, 2009 .- Benedict XVI affirmed to the bishops of Vietnam that religion is not a threat to national unity, and that Church-state relations can be carried out in a spirit of cooperation.

At midday today, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his private study overlooking St.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has recessed for the summer without taking action on the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate whose case has drawn worldwide attention, likely delaying any developments until the fall.Troy Davis, of Savannah, was convicted in 1991 of killing a police officer.

President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras meets with Pope Benedict XVI at the Pope's private library November 24, 2006, in Vatican City.