John Paul I (1912-1978) was pope only from August 26 to September 28, 1978, the shortest term in modern times.The future 262nd pope of the Roman Catholic Church was born Albino Luciani in the town of ...
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Aloisio Lorscheider, one of Latin America's most influential cardinals, died Sunday after a lengthy hospital stay. He was 83.The Brazilian cardinal was hospitalized in early December with a heart c...
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Today is Sunday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2007. There are 127 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing America...
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Today is Monday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2007. There are 119 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris between the United States ...
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2007. There are 88 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched ...
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Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing popes, making it potentially harder to name a successor but ensuring that when the white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, the new pontiff wi...
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Today is Saturday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2007. There are 93 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 29, 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just ...
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Influential Brazilian cardinal, 83 dies
