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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.
VATICAN CITY -- In 1512, Raphael finished his ruminative portrait of Pope Julius II, who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In 1999, the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan produced "The Ninth Hour," a wax sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite.
VATICAN CITY -- A month after the Vatican announced the creation of a new Anglican rite within the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday held "cordial discussions" with the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, the Vatican said in a statement.
A month after the Vatican announced the creation of a new Anglican rite within the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI...
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to...
Archbishop Rowan Williams and Pope Benedict XVI met privately in what the Vatican called "cordial discussions," as part of what has clearly been a difficult visit by the Anglican leader. The Vatican said in a brief statement that the two leaders "turned to the challenges facing all Christian communities" and the need "to promote forms of collaboration and shared witness in facing these ...
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.
After the Pope invited Anglicans to become Catholics, their religious leader visited Rome. As Sheila MacVicar reports, the growing rift between the two shows no sign of narrowing.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of the gems of the Vatican’s priceless religious art collection — 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. The Vatican on Thursday unveiled the restored Crux Vaticana, a foot-high jewel-encrusted golden cross containing what tradition holds are shards of Jesus ...
HARRISBURG -- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades as the ninth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., transferring him from the Diocese of Harrisburg. The Vatican made this announcement on Nov. 14 in Rome.
The Roman Catholic Church has expressed concerns over the growing popularity of the Twilight movies - Vatican officials have called the vampire franchise a "moral vacuum with a deviant message".
VATICAN CIY, Vatican City, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held a "cordial" meeting Saturday, their first since the Vatican targeted disaffected Anglicans.
After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans. Pope Benedict XVI - Catholic Church - Archbishop of Canterbury - Anglicanism - Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sought to ease tensions between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches at "cordial" talks at the Vatican on Saturday.
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday sought to boost ties between the Roman Catholic Church and the art world as he met with dozens of artists in the Vatican's illustrious Sistine Chapel.
Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."
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