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January 19, 2012

Pope meets abuse victims, expresses shame, sorrow for their suffering

VALLETTA, Malta – Pope Benedict XVI met with eight victims of priestly sex abuse in Malta and promised them the church would do “all in its power” to bring offenders to justice and protect children.

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January 19, 2012

Pope Benedict places young people at the center of his concerns

VATICAN CITY - The pope gave the students an “A plus.”

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January 19, 2012

While not a globetrotter, Pope Benedict is still keeping pace

VATICAN CITY - When Pope Benedict XVI was elected on April 19, 2005, just three days after his 78th birthday, he said he would be more of a stay-at-home pope than his globetrotting predecessor Pope John Paul II.

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January 19, 2012

New tensions, new initiatives mark dialogue under Pope Benedict

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has kept interreligious dialogue near the top of the Catholic Church’s list of priorities, but his relations with the Jewish and Muslim communities continue to be marked by alternating tensions and new initiatives.

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January 19, 2012

At five-year mark, pope’s teaching mission hits some obstacles

VATICAN CITY - At the five-year mark, two key objectives of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate have come into clear focus: creating space for religion in the public sphere and space for God in private lives.

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January 19, 2012

Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledges priests under threat

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledged that priests have suffered threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from Mexico’s narcotics-trafficking cartels.

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January 19, 2012

Talk of nuclear disarmament gets serious in international arena

WASHINGTON - On the nuclear disarmament front, it sounds like the 1980s all over again.

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January 19, 2012

Irish religious offer more to abuse victims; government says not enough

DUBLIN, Ireland - Irish religious congregations have offered an additional 348 million euros ($470 million) to compensate victims of abuse in church-run industrial schools over a 40-year period.

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January 19, 2012

Catholic displaced in 1948 to light torch for Israeli celebrations

JERUSALEM - Yossef Mtanes said it was not an easy decision to agree to be one of the symbolic torch lighters at the April 19 opening of Israel’s 62nd Independence Day celebrations.

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January 19, 2012

At Vatican, frustration and some optimism over abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY - Fresh developments in the continuing storm over clerical sex abuse illustrate a chronic Vatican problem as well as some reasons for guarded optimism about the future.

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