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Obama Picks Theology Prof as Vatican Envoy

High-profile Cuban native would be first Hispanic to hold post

May 28, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has nominated a Minnesota theologian as his Vatican ambassador, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Miguel Diaz, 45, a Cuban-born professor who would be the first Hispanic US envoy to the Vatican, was an Obama campaign adviser. He was chosen after the Vatican reportedly rejected a series of possible... More »

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Vatican • ambassador • Obama administration • President Obama • Miguel Diaz

ANALYSIS

Bishops Scorn Obama, but Pope Is a Fan

The Vatican takes
softer stance on
Notre Dame debate

May 16, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - While conservative Catholics rage over President Obama's upcoming commencement speech at Notre Dame, one man has remained silent: the Holy Father. Indeed, American Catholic leaders and the Pope have staked out dramatically different positions from the Obama administration's, Amy Sullivan observes in Time. Yet the Vatican’s response to the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Notre Dame • bishop • Roman Catholic Church

John Paul II's Attacker Wants Vatican Baptism

Man who shot pontiff seeks ceremony after prison release

May 13, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who shot Pope John Paul II gets out of prison in January—and when he does, he wants to be baptized at the Vatican, his lawyer says. Over the years, Mehmet Ali Agca has claimed to be the Messiah or Jesus Christ, fueling speculation about his mental health... More »

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Christianity • Vatican • Pope John Paul II • assassination attempt • conversion • baptism • Mehmet Ali Agca

 Aide Admits 
 Pope's Hitler 
 Youth Past—  
 With Explanation 

Played 'no role in his life,' says spokesman

May 13, 09 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict's chief spokesman baffled many yesterday by insisting that the pontiff had never been in the Hitler Youth group, despite the Pope's own biography saying he was a member, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The Pope was never in the Hitler Youth, never, never, never,'' Father Federico... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Hitler youth • Vatican • Nazi

 Pope Lands in Israel, 
 Calls for Free Palestine 

Pontiff steps into controversy immediately upon arrival

May 11, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel today and immediately called for the creation of an independent Palestine, reports AP. The pontiff also vowed to "honor the memory" of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Benedict's support for a free Palestine puts him at odds with Prime Minister... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Palestine • Vatican • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • two-state solution

(Newser) - Israeli-Vatican tensions are expected to heat up yet again during Pope Benedict's visit today as the pontiff presses Catholic claims over a room in Jerusalem believed to be the site of Christ's last supper. The room is in a building that served for centuries as a mosque and is now... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Jerusalem • Vatican • Catholic • The Last Supper • Jesus Christ • Eucharist • King David

(AP) - The top religious adviser to Jordan's king thanked Pope Benedict XVI today for his expression of "regret" after a 2006 speech that many Muslims deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Benedict told the audience of religious leaders and officials at an Amman mosque that the history of the two... More »

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Islam • Jordan • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Mideast • Roman Catholic Church

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s penchant for flirting isn’t just annoying his wife—it bothers the Vatican, too. In an editorial, church officials warned Italy’s prime minister to adopt a more “sober and somber” lifestyle, the Telegraph reports. The front-page piece in the church's official newspaper decried his “... More »

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Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • Silvio Berlusconi • flirting

(AP) - Director Ron Howard claimed today that the Vatican interfered with efforts to get permits to shoot certain scenes of his Angels & Demons religious thriller in Rome—a charge the Vatican said was purely a publicity stunt. "It was explained to us that through back channels and so forth... More »

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entertainment • film • Italy • Vatican • movies • Ron Howard

 Pope Visits 
 Quake-Struck 
 Central Italy 

Pontiff's visit comes as 65,000 remain homeless

Apr 28, 09 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict has arrived in central Italy to visit survivors of the earthquake that killed nearly 300 people earlier this month and left 65,000 homeless, reports the BBC. The pontiff began his visit with greetings to victims in a village where all the buildings have become uninhabitable; later today,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • earthquake

OPINION

Catholics 'Will
Enjoy' Da Vinci
Prequel: Howard

Director defends Angels & Demons from 'smear campaign'

Apr 21, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Howard wants to make something clear: He is not anti-Catholic, and neither is his upcoming film, Angels & Demons. The beleaguered prequel to the similarly controversial Da Vinci Code is under fire from the Catholic League, and Howard responds to the latest “silly and mean-spirited work of propaganda”... More »

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entertainment • film • Catholic Church • Vatican • Catholicism • Catholic • Da Vinci Code • Dan Brown • Ron Howard • Angels & Demons

(Newser) - The Vatican plans to build Europe’s largest solar power plant on land it owns north of Rome, Bloomberg reports. The 740-acre site—many times bigger than the 108 acres that make up the world’s smallest nation—is predicted to generate enough power for 40,000 households when it... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • environmentalism • Vatican • solar power

 Vatican Rules Out 
 Kennedy as 
 Ambassador 

Caroline rejected over abortion stance, insiders say

Apr 12, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican has rejected the idea of Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador because she supports abortion rights and stem-cell research, the Daily Telegraph reports. Other Roman Catholics President Obama had sought to appoint have hit the same wall, Vatican insiders told an Italian paper. The controversy threatens to cast a... More »

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stem cell research • abortion rights • Vatican • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • ambassador • pro-life • President Obama

 Religious Tourists 
 Still Flocking to Italy 

Easter likely to see 100,000 in St. Peter's Square

Apr 10, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - While industries around the world feel the weight of recession, Italy’s religious tourism appears fairly immune, USA Today reports. “It's one of the only areas where things haven't slowed down much," said a religious tour marketer. "Religious pilgrims still want to have the same experiences”—... More »

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Vatican City • tourism • Italy • Vatican • recession • global economy • Catholicism • religious pilgrims • St. Peter's Square • pilgrimage

Kennedy Is 'Mistake' for Vatican Post: Ex-Envoy Flynn

She's a rumored candidate for ambassador to the Holy See

Apr 9, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy can’t seem to catch a break. The onetime Senate aspirant is being called a “mistake” for ambassador to the Vatican. “It’s essential that the person who represents us to the Holy See be a person who has pro-life values,” Raymond Flynn, who held... More »

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Catholic Church • Vatican • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • ambassador • Obama administration • Raymond Flynn

Pope Out of Touch on Homosexuality: Blair

Former PM advocates 'metaphorical' reading

Apr 8, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's time for Pope Benedict to rethink his outdated views on homosexuality, charges former British prime minister Tony Blair. The Vatican considers homosexuality a "tendency" toward "moral evil," citing biblical references. But Blair, a Catholic convert, tells the gay magazine Attitude that religious leaders should treat the... More »

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Tony Blair • Pope Benedict XVI • religion • Vatican • homosexuality • Bible • Old Testament

(Newser) - The Knights Templar secretly cared for the Shroud of Turin after the Crusades for more than 100 years, the Vatican announced today, apparently clearing up the mystery of the shroud's lost years. The medieval order venerated the cloth, protecting it from heretical groups and initiating members by asking them to... More »

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Vatican • Knights Templar • Shroud of Turin

Pope May Reshape US Church as Bishops Age Out

Many bishops nearing retirement as church faces big changes

Apr 5, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With many bishops nearing the age of required retirement, the Vatican has a chance to reinvent the US Catholic Church, moving beyond church sex scandals and adapting to a growing immigrant presence, reports the Los Angeles Times. Almost a third of 265 current US bishops must step down in the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • United States • Vatican • retirement • resignation • Catholicism • bishop

(Newser) - The UK's most prestigious medical journal has joined the condemnation of Pope Benedict’s comments on contraception, the Financial Times reports. “By saying that condoms exacerbate the problem of HIV/AIDS, the Pope has publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue," says an... More »

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Africa • contraception • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • editorial • The Lancet • HIV/AIDS • Roman Catholic Church • condoms • Howard Stern Grid

(AP) - The Roman Catholic bishop whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame says he will boycott President Obama's May 17 commencement speech at the school because of Obama's support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research. John D'Arcy said today that Obama's recent decision to fund embryonic stem-cell research brought... More »

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abortion • stem cells • Vatican • Notre Dame • archdiocese • bishop • commencement speech • Roman Catholic Church • President Obama

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