2013年2月18日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Does an Ex-Pope Keep His Health Care? ... and Other Papal Resignation Quandaries

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:35 AM PST

Infallibility. Immunity. Health care. Pope Benedict XVI is expected to only have two of these things upon his retirement next week. If you had any questions about the pope, like if we can still call him a pope or about where his infallibility goes now, we have got you covered.

Netanyahu thanks pope for deepening Christian-Jewish ties

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:59 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked outgoing Pope Benedict on Monday for his efforts to shore up often troubled relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Jews, including with his 2009 visit to the Holy Land. That trip, in which the German-born Benedict paid respects at Israel's main Holocaust memorial, was seen by many Jews as atoning for his lifting of the excommunication of a bishop who questioned the scale of the Nazi genocide. On other occasions he visited the Auschwitz death camp and the Cologne synagogue. ...

Pope resignation deepens doubt, despondency for Italians

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:22 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's shock resignation has robbed Italians of the one element of certainty in a time of deep doubt, with the country beset by graft scandals and heading for an election that will not bring the radical change so many crave. The pontiff has long been the one stable element for Roman Catholic Italians in a modern state that has become a byword for political instability and flawed politicians. ...

How many votes is a photo op with the pope worth?

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:55 AM PST

FILE -- In this photo from files taken on Feb. 16, 2013 and released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets with Italian Premier Mario Monti during a private audience at the Vatican. The Vatican traditionally wields influence on Italy's politics and the visit during the electoral campaign raised questions on how much political weight an endorsement from a lame-duck pope might carry in the upcoming Italian general elections where Monti is running for premier. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)ROME (AP) — How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election?


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