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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.
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious artcollection - a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 11/19/09) - His Excellency Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican Ambassador to the United Nations, will be the guest of honor at The Musical Splendors of Christmas, a concert of Sacred Arias and seasonal favorites performed by operatic tenor Roberto Iarussi and soprano Christian Holms on December 3, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Church Manhattan. Proceeds from the ...
A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery.
A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams heads to Rome a month after the Vatican outlined new procedures designed to help disaffected conservative Anglicans enter the Roman Catholic Church
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has gotten a new look after being restored to its...
ROME -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.
Ku.Ra Comunicazione/The Associated Press The restored Crux Vaticana looks much more like it did at the time the Byzantine Emperor Justin II gave it to the people of Rome, according to Byzantine art experts.
ROME | A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Ms. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday that she used computers to ...
Rome -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has gotten a new look after being restored to its Byzantine-era glory, experts say.
ROME (CNS) -- Calling Pope Benedict XVI's arrangement for Anglicans wanting to become Roman Catholics "the elephant in the room," the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion said the pope's move was nothing groundbreaking from an ecumenical viewpoint.
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has gotten a new look after being restored to its...
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