<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Pope and Vatican</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/holysee?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><description>Pope and Vatican</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Priest at Vatican Is Called a Spy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21594-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21594-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  WARSAW, April 27  --  A Polish priest at the Vatican was accused Wednesday of collaborating with his country's communist secret police during the 1980s, a time when Pope John Paul II was inspiring his countrymen to resist the Soviet-backed government.]]></description><author> Monika Scislowska</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Prayed That He Wouldn't Get the Job]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 25  --  Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims from his native Germany on Monday that during the conclave that elected him last week, he prayed that he wouldn't get the job.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass Held to Install Pope Benedict XVI]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13606-2005Apr24.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13606-2005Apr24.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI, employing ancient symbols of power and humility, ceremonially assumed leadership of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday and unveiled a broad manifesto of moral and social themes he expects to pursue as head of a billion-member congregation.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Area Catholics Reflect on New Leader]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12351-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12351-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The newly elected prince of the church was foremost in the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of area Catholics.]]></description><author> Timothy Dwyer  and Maureen Fan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Tells Journalists to Search for 'Truth']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI presented a smiling papacy to the world's news media Saturday while, in the background, the Vatican's battle over same-sex marriage legislation in Spain presented the pontiff with an early test of his moral authority.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10813-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10813-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Key Serb Surrenders,  Will Be Tried at Hague <br>    BELGRADE  --   A key Serbian war crimes suspect has surrendered and will go to the U.N. war crimes tribunal, a further sign of Belgrade's determination to push for European Union membership.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope's Home Town Went Along, but Not Always]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7751-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7751-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Nazi Party leaders in this predominantly Catholic town in southern Germany decreed in 1941 that all crucifixes be removed from the walls of school classrooms, nearly 2,000 women signed a petition in protest.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benedict Reappoints Top Vatican Officials]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7117-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7117-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI got down to business Thursday, reappointing the previous heads of Vatican departments until further notice and keeping on the secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is effectively his prime minister.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Cardinal Conclave,  A Prediction And Promise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6132-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6132-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Benedict XVI opened his papacy with a prediction that he would not hold the throne of Saint Peter as long as John Paul II and he promised to promote conciliation.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman and Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Idyllic Setting for Boy Who Would Become Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6077-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6077-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  TRAUNSTEIN, Germany, April 20  --  The Ratzinger family lived in a modest farmhouse at the far edge of this southern German town with a clear view of soaring pine trees and the majestic, snow-capped Bavarian Alps. Each day, Joseph, who was 12, and his older brother Georg hiked a half hour across town to St. Michael's Seminary, where both excelled at their studies.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Vows to Pursue Outreach by Church]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4036-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4036-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  VATICAN CITY, April 20  --  Pope Benedict XVI reached out to Roman Catholic reformers and other religions in his first sermon as pontiff Wednesday, saying confidently that John Paul II left him a church that "looks serenely at the past and does not fear the future."]]></description><author> Daniel Williams  and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benedict XVI Assumes Papacy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A942-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A942-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church Tuesday elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany as the new pope to succeed John Paul II, and announced he will take the name of Benedict XVI.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Pope Has Steadfast Beliefs in a Tumultuous World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[His searing experience as a World War II Nazi conscript left Pope Benedict XVI with a distrust of nationalism and socialism, and a passionate belief in holding firmly to enduring truths.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the U.S., a Familiar Figure in the Fray]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2719-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2719-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Benedict XVI may be a new pope, but American Catholics have been fighting over him for decades.]]></description><author> David Von Drehle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[President, Hill Officials Laud New Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2594-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2594-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bush praised Benedict XVI as a "man of great wisdom and knowledge," as Republicans and Democrats alike lauded the election of a pontiff likely to take on debates over abortion, same-sex marriage and war.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muted Enthusiasm in Homeland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2641-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2641-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The former archbishop of Munich, Ratzinger became a remote figure to Bavarians.]]></description><author> Petra Krischok  and Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy Tempered by a Wish for a Third World Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church drew mixed reaction across Latin America and Africa. Political and church leaders issued warm statements of congratulations, but many people also said they felt a tinge of disappointment that the new pontiff did not come from the Third World.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan and Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Pope, in His Own Words]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2640-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2640-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  <em>Statements by former cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, who on Tuesday became Pope Benedict XVI</em>.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Smoke Signals Pope Not Yet Elected]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62635-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62635-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Roman Catholic cardinals fail to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II on their first vote and prepare for another round of secret balloting on Tuesday.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams  and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New, Old Rules to Guide Balloting for Next Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/holysee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Roman Catholic cardinals from 52 countries today begin to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II in a secret conclave that will follow elaborate customs.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman  and Daniel Williams</author></item></channel></rss>