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  • September 2008

    • Vatican Gets Back in the Art Biz

      Newsweek  |  Sep 13, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      Vatican Gets Back in the Art Biz

      (Newser) - The Vatican was the world's biggest buyer of modern art in the days when modern art meant Michelangelo, but its influence on art has ebbed in recent centuries. The church now plans to put itself back in the forefront of the art world, Newsweek reports. A commission of critics and clergy will search for artists able to put a new twist on ancient spiritual themes. More »

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      art  • Vatican  • artist  • Catholic church  • modern art  • Holy See  • Michelangelo

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Italy's Favorite Saint to Be Exhumed

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 8, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Italy's Favorite Saint to Be Exhumed

      (Newser) - The body of Padre Pio, one of Italy’s most beloved saints, will be exhumed this year for a “checkup” and to be put on display for public veneration, the Guardian reports. "It is our duty to allow the generations that come after us the ability to venerate and best care for his mortal remains," said the archbishop of Puglia, where the man formally known as Saint Pius is buried. More »

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      Italy  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Holy See  • Padre Pio

  • September 2007

    • China Installs Bishop With Pope's Approval

      Reuters  |  Sep 21, 07 3:06 PM CDT

      China Installs Bishop With Pope's Approval

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict publicly approved the appointment of the new bishop installed today in Beijing, bringing some warmth to long-frozen relations between the Holy See and China’s government-controlled church, Reuters reports. In a critical test for future ties, Joseph Li Shan took over the highest-profile diocese in the atheist nation, which severed formal ties with the Vatican in 1951. More »

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      China  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Beijing  • Catholic  • Holy See

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