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NEWS ABOUT: Vatican City

Vatican City stories: 7 news summaries

Vatican Plans Major Overhaul of Secretive Bank

Pope shakes up management at little-regulated Vatican bank

Sep 24, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican bank—so secretive it makes Swiss bankers seem chatty—is getting a major revamp as part of Pope Benedict XVI's campaign for transparency. Italian economist Ettori Tedeschi has been appointed the new chief executive—replacing someone who's been in the post 20 years—and the bank's supervisory board... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • Vatican • Banco Santander • cardinals • banking

(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

 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

 Vatican Splits Off 
 From Italian Law 

Vatican will no longer rubber stamp Italian laws before adopting them

Jan 2, 09 1:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican is getting a divorce from Italian law. The Pope has decreed his city-state within Rome will no longer automatically endorse Italian legislation, but will scrutinize bills for conflicts with Roman Catholic doctrine before adopting them. It's the first time the Vatican has distanced itself from Italy's laws—and... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • gay marriage • divorce • Italy • euthanasia • Lateran treaties • Bill Maher Grid

Vatican Offers Earthly Rewards

Employees get new corporate-style bonus system

Nov 23, 07 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican is offering corporate-style performance bonuses to its workers for the first time, the Times of London reports. Pope Benedict XVI is offering rewards based on "dedication, professionalism, productivity and politeness." The conditions will apply to the thousands of lay workers who do everything from run Vatican... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • Catholic Church • Vatican • Popemobile • bonuses

Pope Backtracks on Muslims

Benedict rebuilds demoted department the leads dialog with Islamic world

May 29, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pope applied some salve to wounded relations with the Muslim world yesterday after neglecting and then appearing to slander Islam in a speech last fall. In a surprising reversal, Benedict XVI announced he is restoring the Vatican department responsible for Muslim affairs, which he demoted in importance last year. More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • Catholic Church • religion • Vatican

King Cozies
Up to Pope

Don King gets
ringside seat,
offers Benedict XVI
a boxing belt

Mar 22, 07 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tonsorially tamed Don King took the stage Wednesday in front of an atypical audience–the Pope. The legendary boxing promoter, who spent four years in jail for manslaughter, was denied a personal audience with his Holiness, but did manage to hand the pontiff a handwritten set of prayer requests–... More »

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Don King • Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Vatican City • Luca Messi • Bergamo • St. Mary Major Basilica • boxing • Catholic Church • Catholicism

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