Word: benedict
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...Pope Benedict's provocative 2006 University of Regensburg speech about faith and violence concluded with a warm and heady encouragement for Muslims to partake "in the dialogue of cultures...
...that included a denigrating historical reference to Mohammed - as a monumental slap in the face. The Pope's defenders argued that some of the more radical reactions to the speech, including church burnings in the West Bank and the murder of a nun in Somalia, were themselves proof that Benedict was right to delve deeply into the question of violence in Islam. All agreed that more than tea would be needed to repair the damage...
Cries from global leaders—including Pope Benedict XVI, former President Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—have brought the unusual case of Troy Davis into the national spotlight. Davis, who claims he was wrongly convicted of shooting a police officer in Savannah, Georgia in 1989, has seen seven out of the nine witnesses who pointed to him recant their testimonies in recent years. A long series of appeals over the past 19 years left the Supreme Court as his last hope to save him from his execution, which was scheduled for Sept. 23. Yet this past...
...Pope John Paul II's funeral in 2005, those gathered at St. Peter's Basilica shouted "Santo subito!" - Sainthood now! The current pope, Benedict XVI, began the beatification process for John Paul II within a month of his death, waiving the five-year waiting period usually required between a candidate's death and the beatification process...
...Early this year, the Vatican announced it would make the procedures to name saints more rigorous. The latest canonizations bring to 18 the number of saints named so far in Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. "For all of Catholic history, the saints have been a central part of Catholic spirituality," says James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author of My Life with the Saints. They are, he says, like "elder brothers and sisters - people who help you along...