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Pope's resignation surprise to many, says Jessamine church deacon
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comAs Frank Keller stood less than 50 feet from Pope Benedict XVI last September, he noticed the leader of the Catholic church looked frail. “I wondered at the time how a person can do this magnificent job and keep up the pace,” Keller,...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Trips and Vacations, The Pope, Benedict XVI, Religion and Belief
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'BENVENUTO IN ITALIA': Sports Editor Larry Vaught recaps 10-day trip to Italy
larry@amnews.comIt’s impossible to describe just how beautiful our 10-day vacation trip to Italy actually was or how much fun my wife and I had as part of a 43-person Globus tour that included stays in Rome, Venice and Florence as well as other smaller towns. I...Tags: New York City, Tour Operations Industry, Sandwiches, Marriage, Grapes
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Mercer's Brown Fellows prepare for Italy
eruehs@amnews.comHARRODSBURG — Mercer County Senior High School has produced its second and third Brown Fellows Program scholars in two years with Allison “Alli” Grant and Caleb Sheehan. “Last year we were so proud when Cole Keller was honored as a...Tags: High School Sports, Documentary (genre), Human Interest, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Travel
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Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti dies
ROME -- Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister who oversaw his country's economic boom but was tainted by accusations of ties to the Mafia, died in Rome on Monday, the Italian news agency Ansa reported. He was 94. After becoming a...Tags: Government Ministers, Israel, Cannes Film Festival, Elections, Government
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Entering the pope's domain
The Vatican has officially accepted a gift to Pope Francis from Chicago lawyer Chris Connors: a fitting domain name, popefrancis.com. Connors, who bought the domain in 2010 on a lark, had secretly hoped a pope would choose the name Francis in his...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, The Pope, Francis I, Religious Leaders
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Vatican fresco may show first European depictions of Native Americans
ROME -- The first European renditions of Native Americans, made shortly after Christopher Columbus returned from his first trip to the Americas, may have been discovered under layers of grime on a neglected fresco at the Vatican. The tiny figures of...
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After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...
Tags: Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, The Pope, Social Media, Roger M. Mahony
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Giulio Andreotti dies at 94; seven-time Italian prime minister
Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister who dominated Italian politics after World War II, but was tainted by accusations of Mafia ties, died in Rome on Monday after suffering from respiratory problems. He was 94. A lawmaker who lived...Tags: Government Ministers, Justice System, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government
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Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns
ROME -- Pope Francis has backed the Vatican’s doctrinal crackdown on a major group of American nuns, reasserting the Roman Catholic Church's conservative approach to various social issues in a move that could cool the warm reception he has...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Benedict XVI, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
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Banned priest not monitored
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — Five years after church officials ordered the Rev. Carroll Howlin to stop functioning as a missionary priest in this isolated mountain community, Joliet diocesan leaders received a letter from a suburban pastor that illuminated...
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Pope Francis and the Argentine rabbi
One of the first things Argentinian native Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio did after being elected pope on March 13 was to send a message of friendship to Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni — and, by extension, the Jewish people. "I sincerely hope to...Tags: Human Interest, Science and Technology, Gays and Lesbians, Benedict XVI, Religion and Belief
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Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican
ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...
Tags: International Workers' Day, Francis I, Benedict XVI
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