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The Pope and the Vatican
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TWO POPES, 15 RED HATS
Robert Mickens
24/03/2006
The installation this week of 15 new cardinals reveals the thinking of Pope Benedict XVI and the legacy of his predecessor, John Paul II. In this article, written in February on the day the Pope announced the consistory, our Rome correspondent analyses the selection.
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CHALLENGE OF THE LORD’S VINEYARD
CELEBRATION is the right response to
the election of a new Pope. Brass bands played
in St Peter’s Square as the bells rang out on Tuesday, and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has described how champagne corks popped at
the cardinals’ final dinner...
GLOBAL WELCOME FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI
Pope Benedict XVI was elected without debate
between "progressives" and "conservatives", a conclave insider revealed this week... |
GAMEKEEPER TURNED PASTOR
As the Church’s keeper of doctrinal correctness for more than a quarter of a century, he was the enforcer to John Paul II’s communicator. Now he is Pope how will Benedict XVI face up to his fragmented flock?
24-HOUR CONCLAVE ELECTS RATZINGER
ONE OF the fastest conclaves in recent history this week resulted in the election as Pope of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the German theologian who has been the Vatican's doctrinal enforcer for the past
23 years. He has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI. |
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CARDINAL PARADOX
18/09/2004
At a time of an ailing Pope, the voice of Joseph Ratzinger is increasingly heard as that of the Vatican. And yet, the Church’s enforcer is also a singular freethinker. From American politicians, to women, and Turkey, his views have dominated the headli
'Aggressive secularism'
threat to freedom, says Ratzinger
27/11/2004
God is being pushed to the margins of society, thwarted by an "aggressive secular
ideology", according to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,
the prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith. nes this year.
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The Grand Inquisitor of the modern Church
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger: the Vatican's enforcer of the faith
03/02/2001
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is a prodigy.
A man of outstanding and
subtle intelligence, a scholar trained in the highest standards of a German university...The Tablet Book review
Vital dissent
Lavinia Byrne
16/04/2005
John Paul II’s papacy was marked by moves to silence critics. But it is crucial for the health of the Church for a new pope to tolerate argument and debate . Read article
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 OBITUARY ISSUE
These are historic days in the life of the Church and The Tablet reflects this with a special obituary issue dedicated to Pope John Paul II.
This is an issue to buy and keep.
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