GenevaLunch » Pope Benedict XVI http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Pope names 24 new cardinalshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/21/pope-names-24-new-cardinals/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/21/pope-names-24-new-cardinals/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:12:40 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=48871 GenevaLunch.com Pope Benedict XVI has named 24 Catholic archbishops as cardinals, the Vatican announced 20 October. Ten of the newly named cardinals are Italian, two are American and one, Archbishop Kurt Koch, is Swiss. Commentators note that very few of those named by Benedict are from developing countries, which now account for two-thirds of the Catholic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/21/pope-names-24-new-cardinals/feed/ 0 Church still £4 million short to cover Pope’s UK visithttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/church-still-4-million-short-to-cover-popes-uk-visit/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/church-still-4-million-short-to-cover-popes-uk-visit/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:17:57 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=46987 GenevaLunch.com The UK Roman Catholic Church is still some £3.8mn away from covering the cost of Pope Benedict’ XVI’s 4-day trip to the United Kingdom, scheduled to begin 16 September. As the pope gets ready for the first papal state visit since the Reformation, church officials have said that they could sell another 10,000 “pilgrim passes”—entry [...]

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