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JOHN XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881–1963) was a pope of the Roman Catholic church (1958–1963). Born in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, on November 25, 1...
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John XXIII (1881-1963) was pope from 1958 to 1963. He convoked the Second Vatican Council, thus launching a renewal in the Roman Catholic Church and inaugurating a new era in its history.The future po...
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The Vatican on Wednesday defended the choice of Doubleday to publish Pope Benedict XVI's new book in North America, responding to an Italian newspaper's barb that the company is part of the publish...
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Rome (dpa) - The Vatican plans to issue a papal document at the
weekend on the subject of the Latin Mass, Italy's Corriere della Sera
reported Thursday, citing Vatican sourc...
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The Economist writes, “Now that Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, has left the fold to become an independent, nobody else can boast such broad appeal.” Sewell Chan hears people compa...
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Today is Sunday, June 3, the 154th day of 2007. There are 211 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space...
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Today is Tuesday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2007. There are 83 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 9, 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed while atte...
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Today is Sunday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2007. There are 36 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 25, 1783, the British evacuated New York, their last military position in th...
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Today is Thursday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2007. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins at 2:06 p.m. EDT.Today's Highlight in History:On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution ...
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2007. There are 81 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 11, 1776, the naval Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain took place ...
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Well before Susan Dominus became a Times columnist, she worked as an editor for Nerve, the online sex and dating magazine. In a recent Nerve interview, Ms. Dominus was asked whether she received a...
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