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BREAKING NEWS
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UPDATED AT 2:15 PM EDT |
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005 |
Photo: Alessia Giuliani-Pool/Getty Images
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, shown leading a final mass before the start of the conclave on Monday, has been chosen as the 265th pope.
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On second day of voting, cardinals select conservative as the successor to Pope John Paul II
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78-year-old was the dean of the College of Cardinals, known as conservative
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World's attitude, not Roman Catholic doctrine, needs to change, they say
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Some dismayed with conservative choice
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‘I'm completely overwhelmed. . . . He eats with us.'
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While most praise Benedict XVI, some wonder if he's too hard-line
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‘We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism . . .'
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Name is one of the more frequent choices made by pontiffs
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Thousands worldwide placed bets and some even correctly guessed he'd take the name Benedict
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On Monday 115 cardinal-electors, will lock themselves in the Sistine Chapel to begin the process of voting for a new pope
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As the faithful glimpse Pope's tomb, church faces critical struggle
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It's ‘definitely a plus' to be French Canadian
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Over the centuries, three freshly minted popes were strangled by poor losers
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Cardinals resume preparations for elections
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Throngs of pilgrims waved Polish flags, recited the rosary and sang hymns
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When the princes of the Church gather in Rome, the link between religion and culture will be a top priority.
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