Those sentiments were echoed across town at the historically black Benedict College where Kathryn Jones of Columbia, and Brenda Walker of Irmo, work.

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We just heard about our visit to Benedict College and Kerry Washington, popular actress, was saying, well, I thought about being a feminist, I thought about being African-American, but ultimately was the issues.

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Dubin, a professor emeritus of modern classical languages at the College of Saint Benedict and St.

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Pope Benedict XVI has approved the launch of a new Latin language college in the Vatican.

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Last year, then-Pope Benedict XVI chose Cardinal Dolan to deliver an address to the College of Cardinals on the church's strategy for stemming the rise of secular trends.

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Andrews and Edinburgh last Sunday, he said he expected to take part as the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome to pick a successor to Benedict, who has led the worldwide church since 2005.

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Peter's Basilica on Tuesday as Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, offered thanks for the "brilliant pontificate" of Benedict, whose unexpected resignation precipitated the selection of a new pope.

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On the final day of Benedict's pontificate, Dolan stood with seminarians on the roof of the North American College and waved as a helicopter flew overhead, carrying the departing pope to what will be his temporary retirement home, the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo.

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