1. Pope said consciousfollowing heart failure

    ... Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II has lost consciousness and is suffering ... a further deterioration of his heart and kidney function, but the Vatican denies reports that he has died ... brain and heart still are functioning. The Holy See said earlier today his breathing "has become

  2. Bishops betrayingthe Catholic Church

    ... of the Catholic Church, but like communist moles, they burrow in to make changes from within ... and American Catholic dissident organizations want a "Vatican III" where new structures will include ... Law. It did not seem worthy of print. Until, that is, Pope John Paul II, the disliked "reactionary

  3. China relations with Vatican stay icy

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    ... Pope Francis as Beijing already has warned the pontiff not to interfere in China's domestic affairs ... arrest for defying Communist Party control over the Catholic Church. In addition, the church continues ... in China's internal affairs. Sources say that the Vatican has offered to transfer formal recognition

  4. Catholic Church chooses new pope

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    ... VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Catholic church has chosen a new pope. Editor's note: EWTN is providing ... before the return of Jesus to Earth? Read "Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here" The new pope ... announces "Habemus Papum" - "We have a pope" - and gives the name of the new pontiff in Latin.

  5. Vatican blasts pope-blackmail reports

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    ... (GUARDIAN) — The Vatican has attacked reports in the Italian media linking Pope Benedict ... the cardinals in their choice of a new pontiff. The Vatican secretariat of state said in a statement ... that cause serious damage to persons and institutions." The statement was made as Pope Benedict

  6. Did Gorby order hit on Pope John Paul II?

    ... were involved. John O. Kohler's new book, titled "It's About the Pope: Spies in the Vatican," just ... available possibilities to prevent a new political trend, initiated by the Polish pope." The command ... the signatories was then senior Soviet Communist Party official and later leader of the USSR, Mikhail

  7. Live coverage of the new pope

    CARDINALS

    ... The historic selection process of the next pope has taken place in at the Vatican, as Catholic ... Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is the new pope, and he's chosen to be called Pope Francis. EWTN

  8. Anti-Catholicism at the New York Times

    ... archdiocese." This "Polish pope," rants Keller, has "constructed a Kremlin." "Like the Communist ... . "Is the pope Catholic?" is the smart-aleck title Catholic-baiters at the New York Times put ... Party, circa Leonid Brezhnev, the Vatican exists first and foremost to preserve its own power

  9. De-homosexualization of the Catholic Church

    ... Wheeler, referring to the new pope's opposition from people like writer Andrew Sullivan. Writes ... that will not be repeated by Pope Benedict XVI, says geopolitical expert Jack Wheeler. In a column on his intelligence ... website, To the Point, Wheeler explains that a Vatican source disclosed to him why John Paul

  10. Catholic report:Pope nearly died

    ... , was asked at a Vatican event today if the latest health problems had made the pope reflect on possible ... retirement. "Let's leave that up to the conscience of the pope," said Sodano, who in the past has ... the pope go to the hospital. Again the 84-year-old pontiff refused, Inside the Vatican reported. After