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ROAD TO SAINTHOOD Doctors and theologians will sift through the evidence. If they think the sister's cure was supernatural, Pope Benedict XVI, a vocal advocate for John Paul's canonization, will make the final call...
...must unfortunately note that Europe seems to be going down a road which could lead it to take its leave from history.' POPE BENEDICT XVI, warning that Europe appears to be losing faith in its own future, calling some Europeans' desire to have fewer children "dangerous individualism...
POPE BENEDICT XVI, warning that Europe appears to be losing faith in its future, calling some Europeans' desire to have fewer children "dangerous individualism...
...direct descendant of Jean de Bourbon, a swashbuckling nephew of Henri IV who joined the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1560. While Jean's progeny faded into obscurity in the East, Henri IV's ruled France for centuries until the guillotine ended the Bourbon line at Louis XVI in 1793. Now, Prince Michael claims Balthazar is Louis XVI's closest living relative. Still, Balthazar, who has volunteered for a DNA test to determine his credentials, is hardly the first would-be French royal to appear from unexpected quarters...
...Carl Wilhelm Naundorff The German clockmaker and manufacturer of munitions (he dubbed them "Bourbon bombs") declared in 1833 that he was Charles Louis, son of Louis XVI, thought to have died in prison following the French Revolution. Undeterred by the fact that the dauphin's name had actually been Louis Charles, Naundorff attracted followers and even penned a royal memoir detailing his escape from captivity hidden in the coffin of a dead child...