<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - rome</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rome</link><description>Newsvine - rome</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:11:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Is Barrack Hussein Orquemada's IRS ( figuratively) feeding Christian to the Lions?</title>
<description><![CDATA[America as a nation has what could be called a national "forum".( The Kennedy center.) It however was never designed to witness the murder of ideological opponents of the regime holding power. So even if America kept a pride of man eating Lions (we do not) it would be well beyond&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[kpr37]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[kpr37]]></source><link>http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322735-is-barrack-hussein-orquemadas-irs-figuratively-feeding-christian-to-the-lions</link><guid>http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322735-is-barrack-hussein-orquemadas-irs-figuratively-feeding-christian-to-the-lions</guid><category>lions</category><category>rome</category><category>irs</category><category>christians</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope washes feet of young detainees in Holy Thursday ritual (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
ROME &ndash; Since he was elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has proved many times over that he wants to break away from clerical privilege, come down from St. Peter&rsquo;s throne and act as a humble servant of the faithful.
And on Holy Thursday he rein&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505561-pope-washes-feet-of-young-detainees-in-holy-thursday-ritual-video</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505561-pope-washes-feet-of-young-detainees-in-holy-thursday-ritual-video</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>muslims</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>roman-catholic-church</category><category>apostles</category><category>social-outcasts</category><category>jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>pope-francis-i</category><category>different-nationalities</category><category>religious-backgrounds</category><category>humility-and-service</category><category>father-tom-rosica</category><category>kissing-feet-of-youth</category><category>clerical-privilege</category><category>washing-feet</category><category>juvenile-detention-centre</category><category>youth-detainees</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:39:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah6D1B61BD-59EF-3021-DC1A-87EF0A251985.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah6D1B61BD-59EF-3021-DC1A-87EF0A251985.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Italy court orders Knox retrial for Kercher murder - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[ROME (Reuters) -&nbsp;Italy's top court on Tuesday overturned the 2011 acquittal of American student Amanda Knox&nbsp;and her former boyfriend&nbsp;Raffaele Sollecito&nbsp;for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, and ordered a retrial.
The decision by the&nbsp;Court of Cassati&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMedero]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JohnMedero]]></source><link>http://johnmedero.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17469239-italy-court-orders-knox-retrial-for-kercher-murder-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://johnmedero.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17469239-italy-court-orders-knox-retrial-for-kercher-murder-yahoo-news</guid><category>italy</category><category>trial</category><category>rome</category><category>world-news</category><category>2013</category><category>amanda-knox</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:54:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=johnmederoB6298AB7-BD76-BF5B-8AB5-831DFF6E1783.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=johnmederoB6298AB7-BD76-BF5B-8AB5-831DFF6E1783.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Civil Unions? Pope Francis Said 'Yes' Before Church Made Him Say 'No' </title>
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During the debate for same sex marriage in Argentina, the Catholic Church&rsquo;s leader in the nation, Jorge Bergoglio,&nbsp;wrote a scathing letter&nbsp;in which he decried the idea, calling it against Gods plan. However, how much of that was his words, and how much the words&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415230-civil-unions-pope-francis-said-yes-before-church-made-him-say-no</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415230-civil-unions-pope-francis-said-yes-before-church-made-him-say-no</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>same-sex-marriage</category><category>civil-unions</category><category>pope-benedict</category><category>jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>pope-francis-1</category><category>sergio-rubin</category><category>greater-dialogue-with-society</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:09:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah257B318D-D47E-0A97-1A4D-A314B697BEBF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah257B318D-D47E-0A97-1A4D-A314B697BEBF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time for the Catholic Church to Go Beyond the Bedroom</title>
<description><![CDATA[
IT was too much to hope that after the white smoke rose and the TV anchors began nervously filling time and the cameras lingered for what seemed an eternity on that balcony over St. Peter&rsquo;s Square, the man who stepped onto it would be someone open to revisiting the most a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370225-time-for-the-catholic-church-to-go-beyond-the-bedroom</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370225-time-for-the-catholic-church-to-go-beyond-the-bedroom</guid><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>vatican-city</category><category>biography</category><category>soup-kitchen</category><category>st-peters-square</category><category>roman-catholic-doctrine</category><category>tv-anchors</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>new-pope</category><category>francis-1</category><category>conservative-cardinals</category><category>material-existence</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:14:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDC3A3A92-0619-D887-5E6B-7C02C9D77D43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="721" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDC3A3A92-0619-D887-5E6B-7C02C9D77D43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="216" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Pope Francis inauguration Mass due in Vatican</title>
<description><![CDATA[Crowds are gathering at the Vatican in Rome, with up to a million expected for the inauguration Mass of Pope Francis.
&nbsp;
Political and religious leaders from around the world are also attending the Mass in St Peter's Square, marking the official start of his papacy.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17367236-bbc-news-pope-francis-inauguration-mass-due-in-vatican</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17367236-bbc-news-pope-francis-inauguration-mass-due-in-vatican</guid><category>italy</category><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>inaugural-for-new-pope-francis-i</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:35:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma0183CFE5-D7B7-C94D-DD6D-7C0DECEACAC2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma0183CFE5-D7B7-C94D-DD6D-7C0DECEACAC2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lombardi: Mass for Inauguration of Petrine Ministry of Francis I, Tuesday March 19th</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fr. Lombardi confirmed that the Mass for the inauguration of the Petrine Ministry will be held March 19TH , the feast of St. Joseph, at 09:30 Rome time.&nbsp; He also confirmed that the Mass for the closure of Conclave will be at 17:00 Thursday in the Sistine Chapel.&nbsp; On Fri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347486-lombardi-mass-for-inauguration-of-petrine-ministry-of-francis-i-tuesday-march-19th</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347486-lombardi-mass-for-inauguration-of-petrine-ministry-of-francis-i-tuesday-march-19th</guid><category>italy</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>vatican-city</category><category>pope-francis-i</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Why the New Pope Should Resign: The Pedophilia Syndrome</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Until yesterday's election of Pope Francis I, I must confess I doubted the ability of the Holy Spirit to influence the election of a successor to recently resigned Benedict XVI. After all, Benedict and his predecessor had so stacked the College of Cardinals that the likelihood &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345569-why-the-new-pope-should-resign-the-pedophilia-syndrome</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345569-why-the-new-pope-should-resign-the-pedophilia-syndrome</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>latin-america</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>resign</category><category>patriarchy</category><category>liberation-theology</category><category>cristina-kirchner</category><category>abdicate</category><category>college-of-cardinals</category><category>papal-election</category><category>jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>pope-francis-1</category><category>progressive-politicians</category><category>cristian-von-wernich</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:39:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah1616C90E-AAF1-B61E-FBCB-08676CD23D51.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="203" width="230" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah1616C90E-AAF1-B61E-FBCB-08676CD23D51.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope Francis charms media in first press address</title>
<description><![CDATA[ROME &mdash;&shy; The magnetic Pope Francis show continued Saturday, as the newly minted pontiff met with thousands of reporters in a modernist press center flanking St. Peter's Basilica.
Although the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio displayed a growing ease with his lofty &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17338068-pope-francis-charms-media-in-first-press-address</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17338068-pope-francis-charms-media-in-first-press-address</guid><category>italy</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>vatican-city</category><category>pope-francis-i</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:24:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma9C98C6F1-3A8A-9881-3006-679020819821.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma9C98C6F1-3A8A-9881-3006-679020819821.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Will Pope Francis End Vatican's Obstructive Role at U.N.? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
As Pope Francis settles into his new role, he has a perfect opportunity to remold the Vatican&rsquo;s relationship with the rest of the world. A great place to start would be at the United Nations, where the Vatican, through an entity known as the Holy See, has special powers g&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327678-will-pope-francis-end-vaticans-obstructive-role-at-un</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327678-will-pope-francis-end-vaticans-obstructive-role-at-un</guid><category>rome</category><category>united-nations</category><category>holy-see</category><category>world-news</category><category>vatican-city</category><category>csw</category><category>special-powers</category><category>violence-against-women-and-girls</category><category>commission-on-the-status-of-women</category><category>pope-francis-i</category><category>obstructive-role</category><category>rant-against-abortion</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahFA1FEED0-0CA8-76C9-4C64-8B5DB1022A8B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="394" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahFA1FEED0-0CA8-76C9-4C64-8B5DB1022A8B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC slammed over Pope election coverage after translator fails to translate the Hail Mary or Our Father prayers correctly</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The BBC came under fire this evening for its coverage of the election of the new pope after viewers complained that the on-air translator could not even turn the Lord&rsquo;s Prayer into correct English.
Viewers were taken aback at the attempts of the translator to make the wo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17310059-bbc-slammed-over-pope-election-coverage-after-translator-fails-to-translate-the-hail-mary-or-our-father-prayers-correctly</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17310059-bbc-slammed-over-pope-election-coverage-after-translator-fails-to-translate-the-hail-mary-or-our-father-prayers-correctly</guid><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>translation</category><category>vatican-city</category><category>twitter</category><category>lords-prayer</category><category>new-pope</category><category>cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>bbc-under-fire</category><category>coverage-of-papal-election</category><category>pope-francis-i-praying</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:49:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahBCF7126A-079C-5C1A-0815-3C03539EE97D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahBCF7126A-079C-5C1A-0815-3C03539EE97D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Francis I: Can first Pope born outside Europe for 1,300 years clean up his troubled church? (Great Pics!)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Tens of thousands of Catholics flocked to the Vatican City last night to witness Jorge Mario Bergoglio's unveiling as Pope Francis I - the Church's first ever leader born outside Europe.
The Argentine son of an Italian railway worker was chosen as the 266th pontiff on the fift&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309836-francis-i-can-first-pope-born-outside-europe-for-1300-years-clean-up-his-troubled-church-great-pics</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309836-francis-i-can-first-pope-born-outside-europe-for-1300-years-clean-up-his-troubled-church-great-pics</guid><category>vatican</category><category>money-laundering</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>roman-catholics</category><category>buenos-aires</category><category>world-news</category><category>sistine-chapel</category><category>bureaucracy</category><category>sex-scandals</category><category>curia</category><category>new-pope</category><category>francis-i</category><category>cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>outside-europe</category><category>italian-railway-worker</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:31:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah87C511B4-1D3F-ED0D-719D-141EC3F02C0D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah87C511B4-1D3F-ED0D-719D-141EC3F02C0D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Pope Thinks Gay Adoption Is Discrimination Against Children In Letter From 2010 </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The day has finally arrived! We have a new pope! And unlike the last pope, who was very stodgy and puritanical, this one will&nbsp;proudly&nbsp;lead us all the way into the 15th century.
A little than 30 minutes ago, the white smoke appeared and we soon found out that&nbsp;Car&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309735-new-pope-thinks-gay-adoption-is-discrimination-against-children-in-letter-from-2010</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309735-new-pope-thinks-gay-adoption-is-discrimination-against-children-in-letter-from-2010</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>buenos-aires</category><category>gay-adoption</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>new-pope</category><category>francis-i</category><category>cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>humble-existence</category><category>discrimination-against-children</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:23:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah39C5B193-E2EC-F15A-0396-845B3406AC69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah39C5B193-E2EC-F15A-0396-845B3406AC69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Argentina's Pope Bergoglio a moderate focused on the poor </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The first Latin American pope, Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio is a moderate known for his strong negotiating skills as well as a readiness to challenge powerful interests.
He is a modest man from a middle class family who is content to travel by bus.
Described by his biographer &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300437-argentinas-pope-bergoglio-a-moderate-focused-on-the-poor</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300437-argentinas-pope-bergoglio-a-moderate-focused-on-the-poor</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>moderate</category><category>social-inequalities</category><category>jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>first-latin-american-pope</category><category>empathy-for-the-poor</category><category>strong-negotiating-skills</category><category>powerful-interests</category><category>balancing-force</category><category>monk-like-habits</category><category>media-shy</category><category>pope-francis-1</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:44:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDDCAC49E-91DB-558B-F860-934A81555CF9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="92" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDDCAC49E-91DB-558B-F860-934A81555CF9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A South American has been elected Pope Francis I. Will he make a difference, or will it be more of the same?</title>
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Argentinian Jorje Mario Bergoglio has been elected the new Pope in the Vatican, following the surprised resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. The voting cardinals went for someone who was not from Europe, someone perhaps with a different cultural view. But will that be enough to sav&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300255-a-south-american-has-been-elected-pope-francis-i-will-he-make-a-difference-or-will-it-be-more-of-the-same</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300255-a-south-american-has-been-elected-pope-francis-i-will-he-make-a-difference-or-will-it-be-more-of-the-same</guid><category>vatican</category><category>cardinals</category><category>religion</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>pope-benedict</category><category>cheers</category><category>st-peters-square</category><category>applause</category><category>shouts</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>new-pope</category><category>habemus-papam</category><category>election-of-new-pope</category><category>jorge-mario-bergoglio</category><category>archbishop-of-buenos-aries</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah913C20F6-87C0-A45C-04E0-1C6C227C1320.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah913C20F6-87C0-A45C-04E0-1C6C227C1320.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The new Pope, Francis the First: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> A new pope is elected: Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina)</title>
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White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel Wednesday and bells rang out across Rome, signaling to world that the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have chosen a new pope. Cheers, shouts and applause erupted from the soaked crowd that had gathered in St Peter's Square despit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299290-a-new-pope-is-elected-pope-francis-jorge-mario-bergoglio-of-argentina</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299290-a-new-pope-is-elected-pope-francis-jorge-mario-bergoglio-of-argentina</guid><category>vatican</category><category>cardinals</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>pope-benedict</category><category>cheers</category><category>st-peters-square</category><category>applause</category><category>shouts</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>new-pope</category><category>habemus-papam</category><category>election-of-new-pope</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:30:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - Red, white and black: 10 things about the conclave</title>
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The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are gathering to elect a new pope. At some point, white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel will show that a decision has been made. But what goes on behind the closed doors before the smoke appears? Here are 10 lesser-known facts &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281800-bbc-news-red-white-and-black-10-things-about-the-conclave</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281800-bbc-news-red-white-and-black-10-things-about-the-conclave</guid><category>cardinals</category><category>latin</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>decision</category><category>roman-catholic-church</category><category>sistine-chapel</category><category>conclave</category><category>electors</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>sequestered</category><category>election-of-new-pope</category><category>resignation-of-pope-benedict-xvi</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:34:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah34CB441D-52B7-488E-1679-9F1236F6D3F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah34CB441D-52B7-488E-1679-9F1236F6D3F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How good are you at choosing the next Pope? Whom would you select? (Poll)</title>
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The BBC has provided a list of 10 frontrunners from which, it believes, the new Pope will emerge this week.
They are faceless people just now, known only to Catholics in their own country, but one of them will become globally known overnight if he &nbsp;is selected by other Card&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17258054-how-good-are-you-at-choosing-the-next-pope-whom-would-you-select-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17258054-how-good-are-you-at-choosing-the-next-pope-whom-would-you-select-poll</guid><category>canada</category><category>indonesia</category><category>brazil</category><category>italy</category><category>vatican</category><category>america</category><category>religion</category><category>austria</category><category>africa</category><category>argentina</category><category>rome</category><category>latin-america</category><category>timothy-dolan</category><category>angelo-scola</category><category>archbishop-of-new-york</category><category>papal-conclave</category><category>peter-turkson</category><category>jao-braz-de-aviz</category><category>archbishop-of-brasilia</category><category>leonardo-sandri</category><category>vatican-department-for-eastern-churches</category><category>odilo-scherer</category><category>archbishop-of-sao-paulo</category><category>gianfranco-ravasi</category><category>pontifical-council-for-culture</category><category>archbishop-of-milan</category><category>archbishop-of-cape-coast</category><category>christoph-schoenbern</category><category>archbishop-of-vienna</category><category>marc-oullett</category><category>archbishop-of-quebec</category><category>luis-tagle</category><category>archbishop-of-manila</category><category>selecting-the-pope</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE3D9963A-E475-28E0-AF88-ABE2AF582F35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="189" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE3D9963A-E475-28E0-AF88-ABE2AF582F35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cardinal Timothy Dalton, Archbishop of New York&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah20E1402C-DF1C-C094-1D2F-363C726EE899.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="189" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah20E1402C-DF1C-C094-1D2F-363C726EE899.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - New Pope: Runners and riders</title>
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Who will succeed the Pope? The process is under way to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, and here are 10 of the candidates in the running to lead the Catholic Church.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17247959-bbc-news-new-pope-runners-and-riders</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17247959-bbc-news-new-pope-runners-and-riders</guid><category>cardinals</category><category>rome</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>world-news</category><category>rigging</category><category>history-books</category><category>conclave</category><category>pope-benedicts-resignation</category><category>papal-elections</category><category>bread-and-water</category><category>succession-to-papacy</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE4922B23-AA16-9460-54C0-9C9B9BBA79E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="189" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE4922B23-AA16-9460-54C0-9C9B9BBA79E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Riots, revenge, and royal rigging: A history of controversial conclaves </title>
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Vatican watchers say the conclave about to be held in Rome could be one of the most contentious in years -- but that's by modern standards. Dust off the history books and go back a few hundred years and there are papal conclaves rife with international intrigue, royal rigging, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17222578-riots-revenge-and-royal-rigging-a-history-of-controversial-conclaves</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17222578-riots-revenge-and-royal-rigging-a-history-of-controversial-conclaves</guid><category>cardinals</category><category>revenge</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>riots</category><category>imprisonment</category><category>rigging</category><category>history-books</category><category>viterbo</category><category>conclave</category><category>pope-benedicts-resignation</category><category>papal-elections</category><category>bread-and-water</category><category>international-intrigue</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:11:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB5A66F7A-3A5E-006D-11AB-B54E7DABF526.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB5A66F7A-3A5E-006D-11AB-B54E7DABF526.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil </title>
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Three years of German-led austerity and budget cuts aimed at saving the euro and retooling the European economy was left facing one of its biggest challenges as Italian voters' rejection of spending cuts and tax rises opened up a stark new fissure in European politics.
The gov&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17114248-italy-halts-austerity-plan-leaving-eu-in-turmoil</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17114248-italy-halts-austerity-plan-leaving-eu-in-turmoil</guid><category>germany</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>world-news</category><category>recession</category><category>general-election</category><category>european-politics</category><category>tax-rises</category><category>european-economy</category><category>mario-monti</category><category>halting-austerity</category><category>iralian-voters</category><category>rejection-of-spending-cuts</category><category>italian-banking-sector</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Transient MA Transgenders in Trance</title>
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Massachusetts does it again: The MA Department of Education&nbsp;has issued a new directive for schools in the handling of transgender students, including allowing them to use whichever restroom they choose, even if the other &ldquo;normal&rdquo; students are uncomfortable with &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fadi Bejjani]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fadi Bejjani]]></source><link>http://fadibejjani.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17103318-transient-ma-transgenders-in-trance</link><guid>http://fadibejjani.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17103318-transient-ma-transgenders-in-trance</guid><category>rome</category><category>zagat</category><category>not-news</category><category>mit</category><category>persia</category><category>boston-tea-party</category><category>kennedys</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>paul-revere</category><category>one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea</category><category>greece-ottoman-empire</category><category>harvard-soul-man</category><category>homosexuals-in-military</category><category>ma-transgender-policy</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:16:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadibejjaniA6962B14-217E-E3C8-CB98-C8FF512E062D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="224" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadibejjaniA6962B14-217E-E3C8-CB98-C8FF512E062D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="214" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;One it's by Stand, Two it's by Seat!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vatican Slams Media Reports Of Gay Scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Vatican on Saturday strongly condemned media coverage of a report that is said to contain information about the influence of a gay network and financial mismanagement within the Vatican, and which may have triggered Pope Benedict's decision to resign. But in his statement, a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17078385-vatican-slams-media-reports-of-gay-scandal</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17078385-vatican-slams-media-reports-of-gay-scandal</guid><category>vatican</category><category>resignation</category><category>scandal</category><category>rome</category><category>pope</category><category>benedict</category><category>financial-mismanagement</category><category>federico-lombardi</category><category>gay-network</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:23:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70880CA716-BEDB-1204-090F-DDA11D36E41F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="169" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70880CA716-BEDB-1204-090F-DDA11D36E41F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'A huge moment' awaits Cardinal George in Rome - chicagotribune.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[His Excellency Cardinal Francis George will travel to the Vatican City in Rome, Italy to select a new Pope who will succeed His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16996555-a-huge-moment-awaits-cardinal-george-in-rome-chicagotribunecom</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16996555-a-huge-moment-awaits-cardinal-george-in-rome-chicagotribunecom</guid><category>italy</category><category>vatican</category><category>of</category><category>chicago</category><category>the</category><category>city</category><category>religion</category><category>to</category><category>george</category><category>rome</category><category>pope</category><category>archdiocese</category><category>francis</category><category>cardinal</category><category>benedict</category><category>travels</category><category>xvi</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:11:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The best choice for pope? A nun.</title>
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In giving up the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was brave and bold. He did the unexpected for the good of the Catholic Church. And when it selects a new pope next month, the College of Cardinals should be equally brave and bold. It is time to elect a nun as the next pontiff.
Now, I&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16992667-the-best-choice-for-pope-a-nun</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16992667-the-best-choice-for-pope-a-nun</guid><category>vatican</category><category>religion</category><category>rome</category><category>pontiff</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>nun</category><category>celibate-priesthood</category><category>papal-conclave</category><category>best-choice-for-pope</category><category>habemus-papam</category><category>pope-benedictxv1</category><category>college-cardinals</category><category>bishop-of-rome</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:49:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>