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Vatican Objects to Image of Frog on Crucifix

Calls it 'desecration,' but Italian museum won't take it down

Aug 28, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite objections from the pope, a sculpture of a crucified frog will continue to hang in an Italian museum, board officials said today. The Vatican slammed the work, called Feet First, as a blasphemous attack on Christianity. But museum officials cited artistic freedom and said its German creator considered the... More »

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art museum • Pope Benedict XVI • art • Italy • Vatican • sculpture • Catholicism

Vatican Debates Paying Tribute
to Galileo

Heretic remains a touchy subject in Catholic Church

Aug 28, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Galileo Galilei is riling the Catholic church yet again, the Wall Street Journal reports, as an anonymous donor has offered to pay to erect a statue in the Vatican of Catholicism’s most famous heretic. But though the church has come around on science, Galileo remains a touchy subject. He’... More »

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astronomy • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • science • Vatican • Galileo • Pope John Paul II

Knights Templar Heirs Sue Pope for $150B

Group wants money, apology—and its
good name back

Aug 19, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group claiming to be descended from the ancient Knights Templar want Pope Benedict XVI to right a 700-year-old wrong, NPR reports. The group has filed a lawsuit in Spain seeking $150 billion in compensation for property seized by the church. It also wants the church to apologize and restore... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Christianity • Vatican • lawsuit • heresy

 Boston Diocese
 Boots 'Women Priests' 

Church excommunicates 4 women ordained in unsanctioned ritual

Jul 21, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group campaigning for women to be admitted to the Roman Catholic priesthood held a ceremony in a Protestant church in Boston yesterday in which three women were declared Catholic priests and a fourth a deacon. The Archdiocese of Boston immediately denounced the action and declared that the women had... More »

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Vatican • Archdiocese of Boston • Roman Catholic Church • women priests • Catholic Action League • Church of the Covenant • Eucharist • Holy Orders • Gloria Carpeneto • Judy Lee • Gabriella Velardi Ward

 Aussies May Have
 Slipped Pope a Cat 

Vatican denies presence of papal loaner for company

Jul 15, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a new papal mystery swirling around the Outback—is Pope Benedict hanging out with a borrowed kitten? Organizers of the Catholic youth festival say they gave Benedict a gray loaner named Bella to keep the cat-loving pontiff company during his Australian sojurn. But when pressed, a Vatican spokesman... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Australia • Catholic Church • Vatican • cat • World Youth Day

 'Go Green,' Pope Urges Youth 

Pontiff pleads for the earth as he kicks off visit to Australia

Jul 14, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pope yesterday called on the world—particularly young people—to combat global warming with "a style of life that eases problems caused to the environment," reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Pope Benedict issued his plea just minutes before touching down in Australia for an official visit. The... More »

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climate change • Pope Benedict XVI • Australia • global warming • Vatican • solar energy • priest sex abuse • World Youth Day

Weak Dollar Sends Vatican
to $14.5M Loss

Catholic church blames declining greenback
as it goes into the red

Jul 11, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The weak dollar has wreaked havoc on business across Europe, but one organization has posted a surprising loss: the Vatican. The Catholic Church blamed the declining greenback for its first loss in 4 years as it ended the year $14.5 million in the red. The Guardian reports on how... More »

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Catholic Church • Rome • Vatican • charity • euro • weak dollar • sin

 Pope to Launch Bible Marathon for TV, Internet

Pontiff will lead off six-day reading fest in the fall

Jul 9, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI may not have the media cache of his predecessor, but he's working on it. The pontiff will kick off a six-day Bible-reading marathon that will be broadcast live on Italian television and the Internet this fall. The Guardian reports the pope will read aloud the first chapter... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Bible • scripture • pontiff • Riccardo Di Segni • Pontifical Council for Culture • RAI • Chief Rabbi of Rome

Imposter Priest Confessor Nabbed at Vatican

'Strange behavior'
tipped off authorities

Jul 6, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A phony priest was stopped just as he was about to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the BBC reports. The man had on the right clothes and produced valid-looking priestly documents and Vatican ID—"but the expert eye of our personnel didn't need much to... More »

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crime • Vatican • imposter • priest • confession

High-Rolling Hathaway Ex Charged With Fraud

Raffaelo Follieri said to use Vatican in scam, which ensnared billionaire Burkle, others

Jun 24, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend was charged today with defrauding investors of millions with a real-estate scheme in which Raffaello Follieri claimed intimate connections with the Vatican, the Smoking Gun reports. Billionaire Ron Burkle appears to be the "principal investor" scammed by Follieri, 29, who used Burkle’s money... More »

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fraud • Ron Burkle • Vatican • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

 Divorced Berlusconi
 Challenges Communion Ban

He confronts startled bishop at mass

Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • divorce • Vatican • Sardinia • Silvio Berlusconi • communion • Roman Catholicism • remarriage

Rumors From Vatican: Bush May Convert

Sit-down with pope sparks talk that prez could turn Catholic

Jun 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican yesterday, sparking rumors that the president may convert to Catholicism, the Telegraph reports. They spoke in a garden where the pontiff prays daily, not in the library where Benedict greets most world leaders. “What an honor!” said Bush,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • Catholicism • Jeb Bush • George W. Bush

Vatican Opens Ancient
Pagan Tomb

After a year of restoration, public sees necropolis gem

May 28, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a year of restoration work, the Vatican has unveiled one of the most luxurious pagan tombs buried in the necropolis beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, the AP reports. Built by Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the second century, the once open-air tomb was buried by Emperor Constantine in the fourth... More »

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St. Peter's Basilica • archaeology • Rome • Vatican • pagan • necropolis

 Vatican: OK to Believe in Aliens 

If God wants to create aliens, 'we can't limit his freedom,' says astronomer

May 14, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believing in God doesn’t mean you can’t believe in aliens, the Vatican’s chief astronomer told L’Osservatore Romano. God may well have created other creatures, including intelligent ones. “We cannot place limits on God’s creative freedom,” he noted. More »

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astronomy • Christianity • religion • Vatican • extraterrestrial life • aliens

Padre Pio's Shrine
Now 2nd Only to Vatican

Italy's most famous saint displaces Lourdes for religious tourists

May 8, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Lourdes. Padre Pio’s shrine in southern Italy is now the world’s second-largest religious tourist destination, reports the ANSA news agency. About 9 million tourists will visit the saint’s body, a million more than the French site and second only to the Vatican. More »

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Pope Prays for Healing After Abuse Scandal

Reassures clergy
of his "spiritual closeness" in NYC

Apr 19, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI spent the third anniversary of his election to the papacy trying to comfort clergy still weathering the fallout from the priest sex abuse scandal, the AP reports. “I simply wish to assure you of my spiritual closeness,” Benedict said. The pontiff, addressing 3,000 people... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • New York • Vatican • Christians • priest sex abuse • Roman Catholicism • Pope Benedict's US visit

After Pope Meets Victims, Vatican Considers Change

Canon law, particularly on statute of limitations, evolving with sex scandal

Apr 18, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just a day after a Washington meeting where Pope Benedict XVI talked with victims sexually abused by Catholic priests, a Vatican official said the church would consider changes to canon law dictating how the church deals with such offenses, the New York Times reports. Cardinal William Levada holds Benedict’s... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • sexual abuse • clergy abuse scandal • Canon • cardinals • Pope Benedict's US visit

Did You See What the Pope
Is Wearing?!?

Benedict brings back vintage papal styles; Catholics wonder why

Apr 17, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Benedict XVI is wearing some pretty flashy, and pretty old-school, outfits, and pope-watchers the world over are atwitter, the Washington Post reports. Unlike his predecessor, who “would just wear whatever was given to him,” the current pontiff is reaching into a closet that dates back hundreds of years,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • cassock • bling • traditions • Pope Benedict's US visit • vestments

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 'Monumental' US Visit Ahead 

Unprecedented presidential welcome kick off Pope's jam-packed itinerary

Apr 15, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today's arrival of Pope Benedict XVI "had the look and feel of a monumental and historic event," a CNN correspondent notes—and the six-day visit will indeed be eventful. Benedict will speak to US Catholic leadership tomorrow after a welcoming ceremony at the White House, then visit the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • priest sex abuse • Pope John Paul II • Catholics • Pope Benedict's US visit

Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

Eco lobby partners
with the pulpit to get through to Congress

Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of... More »

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Congress • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • environmentalism • religion • Vatican • carbon emissions

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