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The Holy See and the Russian Federation have vowed to establish full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said Thursday, following a meeting at the Vatican between Pope Benedict XVI and Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev. In a statement, the Vatican called the meeting “cordial.” Ties between the Vatican and Russia have historically been strained, because of the cold war and the centuries-old rift ...
Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, ending long-standing tensions, the Kremlin announced Thursday after President Dmitry Medvedev met Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. A Vatican statement said Benedict and Medvedev agreed that Russia will upgrade its representation at the Vatican from a special mission to embassy level and that the Vatican will reciprocate in Moscow.
VATICAN CITY (AP) | Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. The step forward on the diplomatic front comes at the same time as a warming in previously tense relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. A Vatican statement said Benedict and Mr. Medvedev agreed ...
Vatican City - The Vatican and Russia agreed Thursday to establish full diplomatic relations, the Holy See said in a statement. The announcement, which came following a meeting at the Vatican between Pope Benedict XVI and Russian President Dmitry M...
Leaders of a significant number of the nation's Roman Catholic sisters are challenging a Vatican investigation of their communities.
Music from late rapper Tupac Shakur has been included as part of the Vatican's official MySpace Music playlist.
Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said.
Workers are setting up the Vatican's Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square, keeping up a 27-year tradition of decorating the vast square for the holiday.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A six-person delegation from the Vatican will attend the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next week, the Holy See press office announced.
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has met with visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian news media say the two agreed to upgrade diplomatic relations.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will make a rare visit to the Vatican next week to reinforce ties between the communist state and the Holy See, the government said Thursday.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With millions of documents filling almost 53 miles of shelf space, the Vatican Secret Archives obviously still hold some secrets.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A MySpace Music playlist submitted by the Vatican includes Mozart's "Don Giovanni" alongside the less traditional "Changes" by Tupac Shakur.
A major Catholic organization with branches in the U.S. has written to Pope Benedict XV! demanding he remove Irish bishops caught in the current sex abuse scandal.
To tell you the truth, I am not sure I was ever under it. Lately, I've been hanging out with some folks who were around during Vatican II and maintain a deep hope that our church will revert back to the sentiments of those "glory days."
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