| Anonymous hackers block Mexico pope visit sites Posted: The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party. |
| Pope in Latin America in shadow of John Paul Posted:  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A ghost will be following Pope Benedict at every step of his trip to Mexico and Cuba -- that of his predecessor John Paul. John Paul, who died in 2005, was a huge draw in many places. But, apart from his native Poland, nowhere was he a more towering figure than in Latin America, visiting every one of the region's countries at least once. He drew oceanic, throbbing crowds, sloshed through swampy slums in Ecuador, challenged Maoist guerrillas in the Peruvian highlands and defended miners' rights in Bolivia. ...
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| Pope visits heart of conservative Catholic Mexico Posted:  The last time a pope visited Mexico, more than 1 million believers cheered and wept in the streets of the capital. Aztec dancers shook rattles and blew conch shells inside the cathedral where John Paul II canonized the first Indian saint in the Americas.
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| Vatican: Pope's Cuba trip should help democracy Posted:  The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a propaganda tool, saying the visit should help promote democracy on the ...
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| Vatican: Pope's Cuba trip should help democracy Posted:  The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a propaganda tool, saying the visit should help promote democracy on the island.
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| China-Vatican dialogue still difficult: cardinal Posted:  Dialogue between China and the Vatican remains difficult but progress can be expected over time, Cardinal Tarcision Bertone, the Vatican number two, told La Stampa newspaper on Thursday.
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| Deeply religious Blatter praises Muamba "miracle" Posted:  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the recovery of Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba was "a miracle" which had deeply affected him as it brought back memories of Marc-Vivien Foe of Cameroon who died in similar circumstances in 2003. Muamba, 23, collapsed following a heart attack during the first half of a FA Cup match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Saturday and recovered after his heart stopped beating for 78 minutes. ...
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| Protestants on the rise as pope visits Mexico Posted:  LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Worshippers jumping about in church, waving their hands to the swell of keyboards and electric guitars is not a sight any pope would hope to find in Mexico, for long one of the world's most devout Roman Catholic countries. But when Pope Benedict visits the city of Leon in Mexico's Catholic heartland this weekend, the growing strength of Protestant groups will be on view just hundreds of meters from where he will meet with bishops and the Catholic faithful. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics arrives in Mexico to find a Church struggling to keep its flock. ...
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