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Cardinal Mahony tweets request for prayers before papal conclave
L.A. NOWIntegrating 21st century technology into a nearly 2,000-year tradition, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony took to Twitter and his blog Tuesday to ask for prayers as he and 114 other cardinals begin the selection of the next pope. “Last tweet...... -
Would Cardinal Turkson be the first black Catholic Pope?
The Religion WorldCardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is in the running to succeed Benedict XVI as the next Roman Catholic Pope — making him the first black pope. Or not. Religion News Service reporter David Gibson writes about three possible black popes: (RNS) Amid... -
Awaiting the white smoke of papal announcement
As their church's cardinals gathered in Vatican City to select a new pope, Catholic schoolchildren in the Baltimore area joined the worldwide buzz over the secret balloting process in an online chat with a fairly well-placed source: Archbishop William E....
Tags: Human Rights, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Students, Religion and Belief, Vatican City
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News of the Weird: Brothels for the Disabled
A Verizon risk team, looking for data breaches on a client's computers, discovered that one company software developer was basically idle for many months, yet remained productive — because he had outsourced his projects to a Chinese software...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Botox (drug), Labor Legislation, Palm Bay (Brevard, Florida), Bars and Clubs
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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for conclave to elect new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Looking solemn at the task before them, senior prelates of the Roman Catholic Church filed into the Sistine Chapel and locked themselves in Tuesday afternoon to begin the process of voting for a new pope under conditions of utmost secrecy....
Tags: Vatican City, Religious Events, Roman Catholicism, Roger M. Mahony, Rituals
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Countdown to the conclave
Starting on Tuesday, cardinals will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel until they elect a new pope. But, what exactly happens inside a conclave? It's a process we don't get to see, because the conclave is confidential. The Vatican is so strict they...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Voting, Elections, Politics
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As conclave nears, front-runners emerge in search for new pope
VATICAN CITY -- As possible front-runners emerged ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, Roman Catholic cardinals Monday wrapped up a week of discussion on issues facing the church, with some pushing unsuccessfully to extend their talks before the...
Tags: Vatican City, John Paul II, Marc Ouellet, Papal Conclave (2013), Voting
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The church is more than the pope
The international media are focused on a smokestack above the Sistine Chapel, waiting for white smoke to signal the election of a new pope. As usual, however, the media are looking at the Roman Catholic Church through the wrong end of the telescope. The...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Corrupt Practices, Values, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Roman Catholic cardinals set to begin process to choose new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic cardinals were set to begin a ritualized process Tuesday to decide who will lead 1.2 billion followers around the world, cloistering themselves as they choose the next pope. The 115 cardinal electors were expected to...
Tags: The Pope
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Deciding what God demands can be hazardous choice
I told you so! Five years ago in this column I wrote: Religion may be hazardous to your health! Now I'll do one better: Religion is hazardous to your health! Let's consider the three Abrahamic religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. ...Tags: Islam, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jesus Christ, Church and State Relations
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George brings a missionary's viewpoint to the conclave
The 115 Roman Catholic cardinals who are about to elect the next pope took different roads to Rome. Some prepared for the priesthood as proteges of renowned prelates. Others followed an academic path, becoming scholars of theology, literature or canon...
Tags: Blindness, John Paul II, Leprosy, Seminaries, Arts and Culture
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Letters: The next pope
Re "What we need in a pope," Opinion, March 3 The several different opinions by Roman Catholics collected and published by The Times on the hoped-for qualities of the next pope encompass a wide spectrum. But reading these short Op-Ed pieces, one...
Tags: AIDS, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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