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Swedish journalist prevented from entering Egypt

AP News 52 days ago

Swedish journalist stopped at Cairo airport and to be ejected from country A Swedish journalist and blogger specializing in Egyptian labor issues was stopped by security at Cairo airport early Tuesday and was ordered deported from the country, his girlfriend and the ...

Pope retraces the past in ex-Communist Prague

AFP Global Edition 53 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI retraced the death of a Czech martyr more than 1,000 years ago and the fall of Communism in 1989 during a three-day visit to the Czech Republic that ended on Monday. The 82-year-old pontiff hailed the fall of Communism ...

Pope bows before Czech patron saint's skull

AFP Global Edition 53 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI bowed before the skull of the Czech Republic's patron saint on Monday ahead of an open-air mass for the country's youths. The 82-year-old pope visited the Saint Wenceslas Basilica in Stara Bolesav, just outside Prague, where he paid homage ...

Pope wraps up Czech trip with Mass near Prague

AP Features 53 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday held up the Czech Republic's martyred patron saint as a model for leaders, saying the world needs God-fearing people prepared to follow the ethical principles of Christianity. At an open-air Mass for at least 40,000 faithful, Benedict ...

Czech Republic Pope Visit

AP News 53 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI, right, blesses believers in the Saint Wenceslas Basilica ahead of genuflection before the skull of Saint Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech Lands, in Stara Boleslav, northeast of Prague, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The Pontiff arrived to the ...

Pope seeks to restore Catholic hold in Czech Republic

AFP Global Edition 54 days ago

More than 120,000 people packed a field in the Czech city of Brno on Sunday to hear Pope Benedict XVI call for a spiritual renewal in the former communist nation. The pope is one a three day visit to the Czech Republic, ...

Pope to hold mass for over 100,000 in Czech city

AFP Global Edition 54 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI will on Sunday hold mass for over 100,000 people in the southeastern Czech city of Brno on the second day of his landmark visit to the former communist country. The pope is visiting the country shortly before the 20th ...

Pope hails fall of communism, meets Havel

AFP Global Edition 55 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI hailed the fall of communism in eastern Europe on Saturday as he arrived in a largely secular Prague for a three-day visit, his second to eastern Europe. The trip by the head of the Roman Catholic Church comes shortly ...

Czech Pope Spider

AP News 55 days ago

In this image made from television, a spider is seen on the collar of Pope Benedict XVI as he addresses politicians and diplomats in Prague, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. A large arachnid appeared on the pope's white robes as he addressed politicians ...

Pope hails fall of 'oppressive regimes' in Europe

AFP Global Edition 55 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI hailed the fall of "oppressive regimes" in eastern Europe in a speech Saturday after landing in Prague for a three-day visit. "I join you and your neighbours in giving thanks for your liberation from those oppressive regimes," said the ...

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