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Topic: Pope Benedict XVI
As Pope Francis tours his way through Asia, we take a look back at some of his predecessors' hairiest encounters abroad.

A brief history of death-defying popes

Asia-Pacific

Jan 15, 2015

Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been named Pope Francis. Catholics around the world will unite behind a man of authenticity, writes long-time Vatican watcher <b>Michael Hewitt-Gleeson</b>.

Pope Francis: an authentic moral leader for our times?

Europe

Mar 14, 2013

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A few front runners are emerging on the first day of the papal conclave, writes Rome-based journalist <b>Desmond O'Grady</b>. But will the new pope be an innovator or more of the same?

Picking pontiffs: who’s who in the papal zoo

Europe

Mar 11, 2013

1

The Catholic Church has some serious soul-searching to do in the wake of Benedict's resignation to decide its future, writes Vatican-based journalist <b>Desmond O'Grady</b>.

Ex-Benedict: what now for the Catholic Church?

Europe

Mar 04, 2013

5

Adam Boland heads from Seven to Ten, but faces an uphill battle. Read more on today's media gossip here.

Media briefs: Boland to Ten … Guardian jobs … Pope’s lift-off …

Media

Mar 01, 2013

1

Benedict XVI leaves a series of mistakes and gaffes in his wake, writes Rome-based Australian journalist <b>Desmond O'Grady</b>, and it will be up to the new pope to achieve the reforms he failed to carry out.

Is the Pope a dope? Benedict’s gaffes up in (white) smoke

Europe

Feb 28, 2013

Der Spiegel reports how Katharina Greve originally drew a cartoon about the Pope leaving for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung about a year and a half ago. Plus other political news.

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: German cartoonist predicted Pope’s departure

Politics

Feb 14, 2013

Pope Benedict's resignation is about much more than declining health. This is a Machiavellian power struggle more riveting than any soap opera, writes Vatican watcher <b>Michael Hewitt-Gleeson</b>.

Inside the Vatican, West Wing meets The Da Vinci code

Culture

Feb 14, 2013

17

Pope Benedict XVI has sensationally quit as the head of the Catholic church. <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Callum Denness</b> runs the ruler over the man, the papacy and the religion which is the largest in Australia.

Benedict hands in the hat: Popes by the numbers

Europe

Feb 12, 2013

11

Despite two convictions, the leaks scandal that enveloped the Vatican ended the way it began: shrouded in mystery, writes <b>Josephine McKenna</b>, an Australian freelance journalist in Vatican City.

Vatileaks scandal ends with a slap and a whimper

Europe

Nov 12, 2012

The so-called Vatileaks scandal revealed about the internal political divisions within the Vatican and its external relations with the Italian government has shaken the institution to its core, writes <b>Josephine McKenna</b>.

Vatileaks scandal: more to come with the W and Y factors

Europe

Aug 20, 2012

2

It has all the trademarks of a great medieval mystery, a classic whodunit with even a butler at the centre of the scandal, writes <b>Josephine McKenna</b>, an Australian freelance journalist in Rome.

Scope for Pope to rope a dope after Vatican security leak

Europe

May 29, 2012

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