2013年3月27日星期三

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Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 03:32 PM PDT

Pope Francis, bottom left, greets the faithful at the end of his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Francis has called for an end to the violence and looting that has accompanied the weekend coup in the Central African Republic in his first such appeal for peace since becoming pope. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than the grand papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.


Bible comes to life as locusts swarm Israel

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 12:03 PM PDT

Locusts have descended on Israel this week, just in time for Passover. As millions of Jews commemorate the story of the children of Israel's exodus from Egypt, including the 10 plagues that afflicted Pharaoh and his people, millions of the crunchy buggers are creeping all over Israel's southern deserts.

UK church exhumes grave rumored to house a king

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:08 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — A diocese in southern England says it has exhumed a grave over fears that a set of bones could be stolen amid speculation that the remains are those of King Alfred the Great.

Pope Francis forces Argentine political about-face

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 09:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is presented a mate gourd and straw, to hold the traditional Argentine tea, by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, during their meeting at the Vatican. Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's president and most of her followers have managed to pull off in the days since the cardinal she treated as a political arch-enemy became Pope Francis. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's populist president Cristina Fernandez and most of her followers have managed to pull off in the days since the cardinal she treated as a political arch-enemy became Pope Francis.


Ky. lawmakers override religious freedom veto

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 06:16 AM PDT

Kentucky lawmakers have voted to override the governor's veto of a bill intended to better protect legal claims of religious freedom. The law will give stronger legal standing to people in court who claim ...

Pope Francis makes inaugural appeal for peace after coup in Central African Republic

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:57 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has called for an end to the violence and looting that has accompanied the weekend coup in the Central African Republic in his first such appeal for peace since becoming pope.

Special Report: Behind the charm, a political pope

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:11 AM PDT

By Paulo Prada and Helen Popper BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When Jorge Bergoglio finished studying chemistry at high school his mother asked him what he would study next. "Medicine," replied the skinny 19-year-old, according to his younger sister, Maria Elena. Bergoglio's mother cleared a storage room in the family's working-class Buenos Aires home for him to use as a study. Every day, after his morning job in a lab, he would arrive home and disappear into the room. One morning, though, his mother got a surprise. ...

Pope Francis: experienced manager set for reform

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 03:19 AM PDT

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Francis of Assisi began his saintly career following what he said was God's command: "Rebuild my Church." The new pope who took his name heard the same message from the cardinals who elected him. The 13th-century Francis toured the Italian countryside repairing dilapidated chapels before realizing his mission was to change the whole Roman Catholic Church. At 76, Pope Francis does not have as much time to get to work. ...

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