Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal
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The pope Wednesday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Jozef Glemp as archbishop of Warsaw, submitted for reasons of age.
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The pope on Wednesday named a Hong Kong bishop to eventually succeed Cardinal Joseph Zen, the leading proponent for religious freedom in China.
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After days of rising protests from students and professors, Pope Benedict XVI has pulled out of a visit to La Sapienza University
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 9 -- The renegade Roman Catholic archbishop who was excommunicated by the Vatican after he installed married priests as bishops acknowledged Saturday that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was supporting his crusade against mandatory celibacy.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday, in a decree published by the president's office.
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Two priests from the Republic of Ireland convicted of child sex abuse are dismissed by the Pope.
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The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange said he was able finally Â¡Â°at peace,Â¡Â± now that the long and bitter clergy sexual abuse battle has come to a close for his diocese.
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America&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops chose Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., as their new president Monday and elected Chicago Cardinal Francis George vice president.
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Poland&#039;s governing party accepted the resignation Saturday of Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and recommended party chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski &amp;#151; the president&#039;s identical twin &amp;#151; to replace him.
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The Pope reverses a decision to downgrade the Vatican department dealing with the Islamic world.
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Italy's president accepted Prime Minister Romano Prodi's resignation on Wednesday following the government's defeat in a Senate vote on foreign policy.
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VATICAN CITY, Nov. 16 -- A Vatican summit led by Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday reaffirmed mandatory celibacy for priests, rebuffing a high-profile effort by a married African archbishop who was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Vatican City, Aug. 25--Pope John Paul II on Wednesday kissed a treasured Russian icon and sent it back to Moscow as a sign of his affection for the Russian Orthodox Church and his desire to end
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VIENNA, Austria An influential Roman Catholic lay organization in Austria says it's relieved that a bishop is resigning.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
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Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, official notification said here Wednesday.