Benedict vs. the War Party

"Pope Benedict XVI, in his annual "Urbi et Orbi" declamation, has drawn a picture of the global landscape that bodes ill for the cause of peace, exclaiming: "How many wounds, how much suffering there is in the world!" From the Solomon Islands to Somalia, from Latin America to...

In Easter Litany Of World's Suffering, Pope Says 'Nothing Positive' Comes Fro...

" (AP) In an Easter litany of the world's suffering, Pope Benedict XVI lamented that "nothing positive" is happening in Iraq and decried the unrest in Afghanistan and bloodshed in Africa and Asia. "How many wounds, how much suffering there is in the world," the pontiff told...

The Passion of the Pope

For the traveling Pontiff, it was not a laid-back Turkish holiday. The citizens of the proud, predominantly Muslim nation had no love of Popes. To the East, the Iranian government was galvanizing anti-Western feeling. The news reported that an escaped killer was on the loose,...

The Pope must die, says Muslim

"A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution."

Pope's response accepted by some Muslims

"Some Muslim leaders accepted Pope Benedict XVI's explanation Sunday of his remarks on Islam and violence. Others said it wasn't enough, but cautioned followers against a violent backlash after attacks on churches in Palestinian areas and the slaying of a nun in Somalia. The...

Behind Benedict's Vatican Overhaul

As Pope Benedict XVI spoke with reporters on his Alitalia jet just before take-off for his current trip to Germany, an imposing — and familiar — figure in black-and-red appeared just over the smaller shoulders of the German pontiff.

Pope Benedict XVI: The West Learn from Africa and Asia