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Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is to meet Pope Benedict XVI for the first time next week while on his politcal visit to Italy, the Kremlin disclosed Thursday. The presidential office said Medvedev would meet the pope in the Vatican on Dec...
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.
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 ...
This photo shows the front of the restored Crux Vaticana (Vatican Cross), according to experts the oldest known reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Experts said the Crux Vaticana has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory.
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.
Centuries ago in Rome, scientists who believed in extra terrestrial life were burned at the stake. Now, in 2009, the Vatican hosted a conference on extraterrestrial life and a Arizona astronomer was there.
This just in, a lot of people are hooked on the Twilight series! The premiere of the movie New Moon brought in more than $26 million dollars in just the first few hours of its midnight release. Whether they're infatuated with actors Robert Pattinson and\or Taylor Lautner, or they love vampire themes in general, the reality is, people of all ages, both male and female, are caught up in the ...
Is the pope (a) Team Edward, (b) Team Jacob or (c) none of the above? Take a wild guess. To the surprise of no one, it turns out the folks who hated J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown...
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck.
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 - November 19, 2009) - 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 ...
Hofstra University Thursday awarded a $50,000 prize for interfaith work to an international multireligious group and to a Manhattan rabbi who helped make history last year when he hosted Pope Benedict VXI at his synagogue.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI called for prayers and greater efforts on the part of the international community to help the children around the world who live in dramatic situations.
The Shroud of Turin, shown in this 1979 file photo, the 14-foot linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus.
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