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WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 6, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A Nigerian man who sang in a Vatican choir arranged gay liaisons for an Italian government official who served in the unpaid role of papal usher, according to transcripts of wiretaps collected by Italian authorities... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 1, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI championed the environment in the Vatican's annual World Day of Peace message... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Dec 19, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Pope John Paul II was a step closer to sainthood Saturday after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree recognizing the late pontiff's "heroic virtues" and declaring him "venerable," the Vatican said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jul 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI was briefly hospitalized after suffering a minor fracture to his wrist, the Vatican said Friday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 6, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

BBC News -- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is at the Vatican for what will be the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch. The two sides have no diplomatic ties, though Abdullah met the late Pope John Paul II when he was crown p.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 15, 2007 @ 1:50pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man says he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work. In an interview published Sunday, Monsignor Tommaso Stenico told La Repubblica dai.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- A new Roman Catholic bishop of Beijing has been consecrated in the Chinese capital, the first for over 50 years to have tacit approval of the Pope. Father Joseph Li Shan, 42, was made bishop at a ceremony in a cathedral near Tiananmen Square. His pr.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- A senior Vatican cardinal has inaugurated a low-cost charter flight service which aims to transport Catholic pilgrims to holy sites. The first flight from Rome to Lourdes in France took off at 1130 (0930 GMT), using a small charter airline owned by the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:16am neoform

BBC News -- The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion. The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 3, 2007 @ 11:05am neoform

Washington Post -- The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Ro.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 11:37pm neoform

News.com.au -- THE Vatican has determined that limbo does not exist, opening the gates of heaven to babies who die unbaptised, a member of a high-level theological commission. "The many factors that we have considered ... give serious theological and liturgical groun.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 17, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- "The devil tempts everyone -- people in politics, in economics, in sport. And naturally, he tempts, above all, the religious leaders, so you shouldn't be surprised if the devil tempts those in the Vatican. That's his job.".. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 15, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Catholic Church officials never prosecuted more than half the roughly 3,000 priests accused of sexual impropriety in the past decade, a top Vatican official has revealed... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jan 20, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The pope has summoned several Irish bishops to the Vatican to discuss a report documenting child abuse by Irish clergy members, the Vatican spokesman said Wednesday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Dec 23, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- It was a Vatican announcement guaranteed to spark controversy... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 20, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- The Vatican said Tuesday it has worked out a way for groups of Anglicans who are dissatisfied with their faith to join the Catholic Church... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- US President George W Bush has been afforded a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, on his final official visit to meet the pontiff. The president spoke with the Pope in the medieval St John's Tower, a venue reserved for illustrious guests, before.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 29, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Bitter memories of Spain's civil war were on center stage Sunday, as the Vatican put 498 slain Spanish priests and nuns from that divisive era on the path to sainthood. The Mass recognizing the Catholic men and women killed around the time of the 1936-.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jul 7, 2007 @ 11:50am neoform

FOX News -- Pope Benedict XVI removed restrictions on celebrating the old form of the Latin Mass on Saturday in a concession to traditional Catholics, but he stressed that he was in no way rolling back the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Benedict issued a d.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jun 23, 2007 @ 4:24pm neoform

FOX News -- The Vatican on Saturday bid farewell to Tony Blair (search) as British prime minister, wishing him well on what it said were his plans to work for Middle East peace and interreligious dialogue. Blair held long talks with Pope Benedict XVI (search), wit.. Read More