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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.
‘This is just like fifth grade’ By BARRY KAUFMAN Six weeks from now, thousands of pilgrims will converge on the Vatican for the holy celebration of the Epiphany. Teeming in masses of worship around St. Peter’s Basilica, these worshippers will mark the celebration of the Magi with Mass, worship and song in the presence of the pope.
Ku.Ra Comunicazione/The Associated PressThe 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. One of the gems of the Vatican's...
What's a nice gal from DeLand doing at the Vatican, talking about sports to the pope and other dignitaries? It was the spirituality of sports that brought about the meeting. The woman is Susan Saint Sing, a rowing coach at Stetson University. Saint Sing just returned from Italy, where she delivered ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, said the ecumenical situation really is that of a "glass half full," and he held his water glass up to emphasize the point.
But the worldwide hype, along with masses of hysterical teenage fans, has drawn criticism from the Vatican, with officials urging parents to be more vigilant about the type of films their children are watching.
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory.
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
The Vatican pulled out all the stops, aiming to revive the age-old ties between the Catholic Church and artists, and perhaps to put a more positive face on a contentious papacy.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pope Benedict XVI will receive the Church of England’s spiritual leader for the first time since inviting disaffected Anglicans to become Roman Catholics, a move that has led critics to accuse the pontiff of poaching priests.
Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams met a month after the Vatican announced a new Anglican rite within the Roman Catholic Church.
Photo by Bullneck The Catholic Church is shaking things up these days, huh? The same Church that silenced Galileo Galilei has acknowledged that aliens could maybe exist . Further, the Church says that xenomorphs might not require redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church is only talking astrobiology in theoretical terms right now, but what's preventing the Vatican from ...
In Rome, the archbishop of Canterbury called for clarity on the future of Catholic-Anglican dialogue.
MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 20 / Christian Newswire / -- Wishing to stay in touch with her daughter away at college and taking her cue from Pope Benedict XVI's call to use modern technologies to spread the Gospel, Riz Marsella founded SacredVerse.com , a communications tool now available on the internet for the "Text Generation."
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.
Roman Catholics should look beyond the divisive issue of ordaining women to see how much they share with the world's Anglicans and work toward greater Christian unity, the head of the Anglican Communion said on Thursday.
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