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Gem in Vatican's art collection gets new look

AP News 2 days ago

Gem in Vatican art collection gets new look after restoration returns it to Byzantine glory One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — a 6th century reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was ...

It's 'Just' To Oppose Gay Marriage, Catholic Bishops Say

On Top Magazine 2 days ago

Catholic bishops say it's 'just' to oppose gay marriage because it hurts society Roman Catholic bishops meeting Tuesday in Baltimore have affirmed the church's definition of marriage as a heterosexual union and opposition to gay marriage. In a pastoral letter by the ...

VATICAN POPE

AP News 2 days ago

Pope Benedict XVI, centre seen framed between two columns, with prelates sitting behind him, delivers his blessing during a weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Copyright 2009 AP News

Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests

AP Features 3 days ago

A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday. ...

VATICAN SISTINE CHAPEL

AP News 3 days ago

FILE - In this April 16, 2005 file photo, tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave. A series of four books presented Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at the Vatican seek to explain how Michelangelo ...

Pope Meets With Serbian And Czech Leaders

Getty Images 6 days ago

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 14: Pope Benedict XVI meets with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer at his private library on November 14, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pope today had separate audiences with the President of Serbia and the Prime ...

Catholic Church needs more Internet savvy: bishop

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

The Roman Catholic Church should leave its "ghetto" and recognise the importance and reach of the Internet, a French bishop said Thursday. "The Internet is increasingly an integral part of everyday life," Monsignor Jean-Michel Di Falco said at the start of a ...

Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web

AP News 8 days ago

Facebook, Wikipedia execs to brief Vatican, Catholic bishops about Internet, youth culture Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the Internet and digital youth culture. The symposium, which opened Thursday and ...

Vatican Aliens

AP News 9 days ago

FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI admires the sky above Sydney, Australia. The Vatican has hosted a dayslong conference to study the possibility of alien life in the universe and its implication for the Catholic Church. ...

ITALY POPE ALBUM

AP News 9 days ago

Colin Barlow, president of Geffen Records in Britain, talks to journalists during the presentation "Alma Mater - Music from the Vatican'' album, at Julius Cesar's hall, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along with a mix ...

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