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How Scientology ensnares celebrities
In an exclusive from her new book, the niece of the church's leader explains the secrets of the Celebrity Center.
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Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Pope Benedict surprised the world by announcing he'll resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age." The last pope to quit was Gregory XII in 1415.
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Dozens killed in India stampede
A local Indian official resigned Monday after a chaotic crush at a railroad station a day earlier left 36 people dead among tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims flocking to the banks of the Ganges River for the world's largest religious gathering.
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Lightning bolt strikes the Vatican hours after Pope resigns..
Hours after Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world by announcing he would resign at the end of the month, a blinding shaft of lightning shot down from the heavens and struck the rod atop the white cross on St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict's Resignation and John Paul's Suffering
This is a Pope whose doctrinaire conservatism has had an ossifying effect; this is a moment when we will see what other voices there might be left in the Church.
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Pope Benedict XVI resignation: the life and times of Joseph Ratzinger (Video)
As Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation, we look back at some of the highs and lows of his eight-year tenure as the head of the Catholic church.
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Vatican reveals pope had secret heart surgery
Benedict XVI had recent operation to replace batteries in his pacemaker, but Vatican denies it influenced resignation.
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Jesse Jackson Jr., wife agree to plead guilty to federal charges
In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.
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Pope will have security, immunity by remaining in the Vatican
Pope Benedict's decision to live in the Vatican after he resigns will provide him with security and privacy. It will also offer legal protection from any attempt to prosecute him.
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Detained: Egyptian sheikh who said it is ‘halal’ (permissable) to rape female protesters
Egypt has issued an arrest warrant on Sunday against the Salafi preacher, who recently said it was “halal” (permissible) to rape female protestors, charging him with the defamation of religion, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported.
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Pope Benedict XVI's leaked documents show fractured Vatican full of rivalries
Pope Benedict XVI's correspondence shows tales of betrayal, allegations of corruption and systemic dysfunction.
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The Canadian who could be pope
Cardinal Marc Ouellet is forceful, passionate and uncompromising. He may just be what the papal voters are looking for.
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Vatican: Pope may change rules to allow replacement vote sooner
Pope Benedict XVI is considering changing the Vatican constitution to allow a vote for his successor to begin before March 15, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday.
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Catholic cardinal quits amid sex scandal
Scandal is threatening to eclipse the poignancy and pageantry of Benedict XVI's historic final days as pope.
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Allegations of corruption at the Vatican
Vatican officials were already trying Monday to swat down unsavory claims by Italian publications of a brewing episode involving gay priests, male prostitutes and blackmail when news broke that Benedict had moved up the resignation of a Scottish archbishop linked over the weekend by a British newspaper to inappropriate relationships with priests.
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What do you do with a retired pope?
On Thursday, at 8 p.m. in Rome, Benedict will become the first retired pontiff in 600 years. And with no modern guides, everything he does will be pioneering for a 21st century papal retiree.
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Leading Catholic Blogger Sees More Evidence That The Pope Is Gay
He'll share a house with the "George Clooney of the Vatican."
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Former cardinal O'Brien admits sexual misbehavior
Britain's former top Catholic Church official has admitted that his sexual conduct had fallen short of the required standard. Keith O'Brien had been due to vote in the conclave for a new pope before his resignation.
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LIFE at the Vatican: Unearthing History Beneath St. Peter’s
The walled, pint-sized city-state known as the Vatican physically takes up around 100 acres in the center of Rome, but occupies a vast, measureless space in the lives of more than a billion practicing Catholics around the globe.
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Fake bishop tries to sneak into Vatican meeting\
The gathering of cardinals in the Vatican was overshadowed not just by scandal but by farce too, when a German man masquerading as a bishop tried to infiltrate the meeting.
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