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VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has encouraged Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to pursue democracy and religious freedom in his country and told him he prayed for the victims of terrorism and violence there...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II said scientific researchers always should value the sharing of knowledge over competition and financial gain...

COLOGNE, Germany (CNS): A German cardinal invoked canon law to prevent a dismissed French bishop from speaking in his archdiocese...

NEW YORK (CNS): The Vatican has renewed its efforts to get the United Nations to develop an international convention that would ban all forms of human cloning...

WASHINGTON (CNS): Cardinal James A. Hickey, the retired Archbishop of Washington who made Catholic education and service to the poor two of his top priorities during his years in the US capital, died on October 24 after a long illness. He was 84.

JERUSALEM (CNS): An ecumenical row over holy sites has spilled over into violence involving monks and other religious officials, according to the Franciscan priest in charge of monitoring an agreement among Jerusalem's Christian communities...

For a Gold Coast couple who lost two of their children to suicide this year, All Souls' Day will have extra significance. PETER BUGDEN reports :.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has praised the late Chilean Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larrain of Santiago as "a zealous pastor who, with prudence and pastoral charity, served his people and the Church"...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): One of the most difficult diplomatic challenges facing the Catholic Church today comes from powerful cultural, economic and political lobbies in wealthy countries that are hostile because of the Church's position on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, a top Vatican prelate said...