ARTICLES BY VICTOR L. SIMPSON
Pope steps down
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Pressure mounts on Italy's Berlusconi to quit
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Pope meets with abuse victims
LONDON - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church, as thousands of people angered at the Vatican's response marched in central London in the biggest protest of his 5-year …
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Pope calm after six nabbed in suspected terror plot
LONDON - Police raided a garbage depot and arrested street cleaners in a suspected terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI on Friday. Undeterred, the pontiff stuck to his message, reaching across Britain's religious and secular divide to demand a greater role for faith in public life.
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Scandal means tough checks for future pope
VATICAN CITY - The sex abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church will mean more vigorous background checks when it comes to appointing cardinals, and future popes. Among the requirements: no taint of scandal and the ability to speak comfortably to the world and the media.
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