...and of Malta, as the group is officially called, celebrates the anniversary today with a procession through St. Peter's Square, a Mass in the basilica and an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, the ancient order is confronting some very modern-day...
...of poverty.Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered in St. Peter's Square for the announcement, marveling that the cardinals needed to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of...
...God's chosen Vicar of Christ on Earth. There will be much joy when the white smoke is seen by thousands within St. Peter's Square and among millions when announced by news media at that time of election of the next pope.We are grateful to Pope...
...possible environmental fallout from the rapid modernization in India. In June, Pope Benedict XVI told a crowd in St. Peter's Square to shun "fake freedoms which destroy the environment and man," though he did not elaborate. In Iran, Grand Ayatollah...
...significant role in the book - then, in following days, from the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France; St. Peter's Square in Rome; and Barcelona, Spain. In Cannes, hours before the Festival opens with the "Da Vinci Code" premiere...
...return to the holy city some 2,000 years ago. Wearing embroidered red vestments, Benedict processed through St. Peter's Square in Rome, which was lush with the palms and olive trees that are emblematic of the ceremony. The pope told tens of...
...games during his traditional Sunday blessing to tourists and the faithful who gathered under his studio window in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. "I hope that this beautiful sporting competition is being carried out with the teaching of the...
...but one tends to not respect it any more when it is sick or damaged," Benedict told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing. The description "sick or damaged" life in the church's teaching commonly refers to situations...
...in their full blue- and-yellow bloomered dress uniforms and red-plumed helmets, stood at attention in St. Peter's Square as Benedict addressed them from his studio window. He recalled how Pope Julius II had summoned the mercenaries to...
...was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in Italy for shooting and wounding the pope in St. Peter's Square in Rome. His motive for shooting John Paul in the abdomen on May 13, 1981, remains unclear. Agca, 47, was to...
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