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...contained the Bavarian native?s appointment to become his home region's Archbishop in Munich. It was a choice (by Pope Paul VI) that not only altered Ratzinger's career path, but the course of Catholic Church history. After five years as Munich Arcbishop, Ratzinger was eventually called to Rome by Pope John Paul II to become the Vatican?s chief of doctrine and discipline and two decades later Pope Benedict...
...city mayor must be all things to all people: traffic cop, fix-it man, novelist. Novelist? Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni has expanded his public duties to include exploring his private fantasies. No, not those fantasies. Veltroni is too smart and ambitious a public servant - he is often mentioned as a future Italian Prime Minister - to write anything racy. Still, his new book La Scoperta dell'Alba (Discovering the Dawn) has an intimate feel, following a 40-something's search for the cause of his father's disappearance during his childhood. "A mother can't abandon her child, but a father...
...grudge match between the Holy Father and the high priest of natural selection. But look again. Our title promises the Pope AND Darwin, not the Pope VS. Darwin. Benedict XVI will indeed be hosting a scholarly powwow this weekend at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, to debate evolution and creation. But don't expect the Catholic Church to start disputing Darwin's basic findings, which Pope John Paul II in 1996 called "more than a hypothesis." Moreover, advocates of the teaching in U.S. schools of intelligent design - which holds that nature is so complex that...
...based publisher of Ratzinger's writings, will also be there. Fessio did his best to downplay the significance of the meeting. "This is not a gathering of experts on evolution and creation called in to advise the Holy Father," he told TIME shortly after his arrival in Rome. "This is just a former professor having an informal gathering with his old students. There has never been a subgroup that produced a document. We've never issued a statement...
...matchup its only whiff of controversy. In May, during an epic 5-hr., five-set tournament final, which Nadal won, Federer accused Toni of coaching Rafa from the stands, which is illegal. "Is that all right, Toni?" Federer sarcastically barked at Nadal's uncle during the match in Rome. "It's stupid to have a coach for nothing," Rafa says. "That rule is going to change, I promise you." Federer doesn't think it should. "It's just the way it's always been," he says, becoming a bit curt. More Toni, please...