Existentialism

Cairo (CNN)  -- Violence erupted here Friday as supporters of Mohamed Morsy  turned out en masse, calling for his restoration to the presidency two days after his ouster in a military coup. A number of Morsy supporters were wounded by gunshots as they tried to storm the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, state broadcaster Nile TV said Friday. Morsy was said to be held there, CNN's Reza Sayah reported from outside the building. State broadcaster Nile TV, citing a security source, said live ammunition was not used against demonstrators and no one had been hurt or killed outside the Republican Guard headquarters. Anti-Morsy protesters eye next moves Tensions continue to grow in Egypt But the health ministry reported that at least two people were killed and 65 others injured in clashes there. Sayah said he had seen one of body around which scores of Morsy supporters were huddled, some of them crying. A few feet away, thousands of demonstrators faced off acro...

John Paul II is credited as helping to end Communist rule in Europe Continue reading the main story Related Stories Pope issues first 'joint' encyclical John Paul II 'set for sainthood' Catholic Church: Glossary of terms The Vatican says Pope John Paul II is to become a saint. Pope Francis cleared the way for his canonisation, expected later this year, after a second miracle was attributed to the late pontiff's intervention. The Polish-born pope led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. Pope Francis also approved the sainthood of Pope John XXIII (1958-1963), though no second miracle has been attributed to his intervention. A precise date for the canonisations will be set by a meeting of cardinals, the Vatican said. John Paul II has been on a fast-track to sainthood since his death. Just six years later he was beatified by his successor  Pope Benedict XVI . 'Inexplicable recovery' Canonisation, the final step i...

Continue reading the main story In today's Magazine Is romantic love a bad thing? How the 1960s changed the Pope Who speaks Latin these days? Lightning really does strike twice Benedict XVI. Benedict Cumberbatch. Dirk Benedict. And then there's Benedict Arnold. And, er, Eggs Benedict. Not many Benedicts out there, says Benedict Milne. The occasion was the baptism of my daughter in 2006. After the service, a nun approached me, all smiles. "So you're Benedict," the nun said to me. "Just like the Holy Father!" "Yes," I replied. "But I've been Benedict for a lot longer than he has," I added, maybe a little too sharply. And now it looks like I'll outlast him as a Benedict if - as is possible - he reverts to his pre-papacy name of Joseph Ratzinger. I wonder whether the cardinal would have taken the name of Benedict had he grown up - like I did - in Hull in the 1970s. In that long-ago era you wouldn't...

Continue reading the main story In today's Magazine Is romantic love a bad thing? How the 1960s changed the Pope Who speaks Latin these days? Lightning really does strike twice Benedict XVI. Benedict Cumberbatch. Dirk Benedict. And then there's Benedict Arnold. And, er, Eggs Benedict. Not many Benedicts out there, says Benedict Milne. The occasion was the baptism of my daughter in 2006. After the service, a nun approached me, all smiles. "So you're Benedict," the nun said to me. "Just like the Holy Father!" "Yes," I replied. "But I've been Benedict for a lot longer than he has," I added, maybe a little too sharply. And now it looks like I'll outlast him as a Benedict if - as is possible - he reverts to his pre-papacy name of Joseph Ratzinger. I wonder whether the cardinal would have taken the name of Benedict had he grown up - like I did - in Hull in the 1970s. In that long-ago era you wouldn't...

Continue reading the main story In today's Magazine Is romantic love a bad thing? How the 1960s changed the Pope Who speaks Latin these days? Lightning really does strike twice Benedict XVI. Benedict Cumberbatch. Dirk Benedict. And then there's Benedict Arnold. And, er, Eggs Benedict. Not many Benedicts out there, says Benedict Milne. The occasion was the baptism of my daughter in 2006. After the service, a nun approached me, all smiles. "So you're Benedict," the nun said to me. "Just like the Holy Father!" "Yes," I replied. "But I've been Benedict for a lot longer than he has," I added, maybe a little too sharply. And now it looks like I'll outlast him as a Benedict if - as is possible - he reverts to his pre-papacy name of Joseph Ratzinger. I wonder whether the cardinal would have taken the name of Benedict had he grown up - like I did - in Hull in the 1970s. In that long-ago era you wouldn't...