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Pope Benedict Meets Artists from Around the World in the Sistine Chapel
Art Daily - Sat Nov 21, 11:12 pm ET
Actors and musicians crowd the Sistine Chapel during their meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The Pontiff spoke to more than 250 people-painters, sculptors, architects, writers, dancers, musicians, actors and directors-seated amid the frescoed beauty of the Sistine Chapel.
Medvedev to meet with pope
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 7:58 am ET
MOSCOW, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans a brief working visit to the Vatican next Thursday for talks with Pope Benedict XVI, a spokesman said.
Don't turn our churches into nightclubs, urges Vatican
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 29 minutes ago
The Vatican on Thursday warned Italy's bishops against letting deserted churches be transformed into nightclubs if the decision was taken to sell the places of worship.
Anglican - Roman Catholic Relations: A statement from the Informal Talks
Worldwide Faith News - 2 hours 35 minutes ago
Anglican - Roman Catholic Relations: A statement from the Informal Talks Posted On : November 26, 2009 10:56 AM | Posted By : Webmaster ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/11/26/ACNS4669 Related Categories: ACO ACO - Ecumenical Following the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, at the Vatican on 21 November 2009 ...
Reports: Police probe Vatican bank transactions
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Nov 26, 10:40 am ET
News reports in Italy say investigators are scrutinizing millions of euros worth of Vatican bank transactions to see if they violated money laundering regulations.
Pope, Anglican chief smooth over ruffle from Vatican call for converts
Arizona Daily Star - Sun Nov 22, 2:11 am ET
VATICAN CITY — After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
Pope meets German Holocaust survivor
JTA - Thu Nov 26, 8:51 am ET
ROME (JTA) -- Pope Benedict XVI met with a Holocaust survivor from his native Germany. The pope met on Wednesday, after his weekly general audience, with Cacilie Peiser, the founder and honorary president of the Child Survivors Deutschland Association.
Fresh palette: Artists say they're ready to support church's mission
Catholic News Service - Tue Nov 24, 11:40 am ET
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ask and you shall receive. The art world is ready to collaborate with the church in creating inspirational modern art, said some artists who took part in a landmark meeting with Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope meets with Anglican head over Vatican overtures
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 9:29 am ET
Rome - Pope Benedict XVI met with the head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, on Saturday in Rome to discuss the Catholic Church's overtures to Anglicans. In their cordial talks in the Vatican, Williams and Benedict sp...
Women religious not complying with Vatican study
National Catholic Reporter - Tue Nov 24, 12:42 pm ET
"There's been almost universal resistance. We are saying 'enough!' " The vast majority of U.S. women religious are not complying with a Vatican request to answer questions in a document of inquiry that is part of a three-year study of the congregations.
Pope, Anglican leader pledge to continue dialogue for unity
Catholic News Service - Mon Nov 23, 11:40 am ET
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While some pundits have sounded the death knell for ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, the Anglican spiritual leader, pledged to move forward.
New life for reliquary linked to Jesus' cross
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Nov 26, 3:29 am ET
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a sixth century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. The Vatican last week unveiled...
11/24 12 Southeast Texans Honored During Mass
KBTV Beaumont - Tue Nov 24, 4:42 pm ET
Pope Benedict XVI has honored 12 priests and nuns. The Bishop of the Beaumont Catholic Diocese presented those papal honors to them during a mass Monday night.
Signers of petition vow to fight for three beliefs
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Thu Nov 26, 6:02 am ET
As a self-avowed opponent of organized religion, it's not surprising that the director of the new end-of-the-world blockbuster #8220;2012 #8221; obliterates the Vatican and Rio de Janeiro's huge mountaintop statue of Christ.
Vatican Hosts Conference on Alien Life
FOX 23 Maine - Mon Nov 23, 12:22 pm ET
The Vatican recently held a "study week" of over 30 astronomers, biologists, geologists and religious leaders to discuss the question of the existence of extraterrestrials.