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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 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

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 4:28pm neoform

FOX News -- Got road rage? The Vatican on Tuesday issued "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists to be charitable to others on the highway, to refrain from drinking and driving, and to pray you make it before you even buckle up. An unusual document from.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:56am neoform

BBC News -- A man has tried to jump into Benedict XVI's popemobile during his weekly general audience held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. The man was wrestled to the ground by security officers. The Pope was not injured and did not appear to notice the in.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:45am neoform

CNN -- A man tried to jump into the back of the open-air vehicle carrying Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on Wednesday before being wrestled to the ground. Video showed the man, wearing a red t-shirt, dark shorts, a baseball cap and sunglasses, launch himse.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 2:49pm neoform

CNN -- Some of the Holy See buildings will start using solar energy, reflecting Pope Benedict XVI's worry about squandering the Earth's resources, a Vatican engineer says. The roof of the Paul VI auditorium will be redone next year, with its cement panels rep.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun May 6, 2007 @ 12:41pm neoform

FOX News -- A Vatican court for the first time has issued a drug conviction, giving a former employee of the Holy See a four-month suspended sentence for cocaine use, Italian news reports said Sunday. The man worked in a Holy See administrative office and was rece.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Apr 15, 2007 @ 9:23pm neoform

BBC News -- The Vatican's envoy to Israel has attended the annual Holocaust remembrance event in Jerusalem after earlier threatening not to be present. Archbishop Antonio Franco was angered by a caption in the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum describing the actions of.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 14, 2006 @ 6:03pm neoform

New Zeland Herald -- Pope Benedict has called a meeting of Vatican advisers for a "reflection" on issues related to celibacy in the Church following a schism led by a renegade African archbishop who wants priests to be able to marry... Read More