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• n  the government of the Roman Catholic Church

• Benedict's papacy will pour cold water on the hopes of those who saw Vatican II as opening up the Church on questions of distribution of authority and autonomy, either to the .
• For the second time in his papacy, Benedict will visit a mosque, meeting Muslim leaders at al-Hussein Ben-Talal mosque in Amman on Saturday.
• While Benedict XVI has drawn the line on doctrine, he has streamlined his job to create a gentler, humbler papacy.

• pontificate

News & Articles

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• June 21-July 4, 2013
  Thursday marks 100 days of Pope Francis' papacy, and so far, it's by no means a departure from business as usual.
  June 21, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter
• Pope Francis on the True Meaning of Poverty
  “How I long for a poor Church for the poor!” With these words spoken after being elected pope, Jorge Bergoglio underscored a theme that continues to be front-and-center of his papacy.
  June 19, 2013 - Acton Commentary

Quotes

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• Pope John Paul II in Washington Post
  The last two years have been much quieter years as far as the papacy is concerned because you have a very different personalitythan John Paul II, said Monsignor Robert Wister, chairman of the church history department at Seton Hall...
• Celestino Migliore in Reuters
  The papacy ...... works at the UN ...... above all by highlighting and insisting on essential values and fundamental rights. I can anticipate that next week Pope Benedict will do just that,Migliore said.
• Abraham Foxman in Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  This decision undermines the strong relationship between Catholics and Jews that flourished under Pope John Paul II and which Pope Benedict XVI said he would continue when he came into his Papacy,Foxman said in a statement. "We are stunned...