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U.S. nuns meet with Vatican officials in 'open dialogue'
c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Leaders of an umbrella group that represents the majority of U.S....
Pope's butler faces trial, and eyes turn to Vatican judicial system
c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI's former butler is facing up to eight years in jail for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the pope's own desk....
Vatican censures nun’s book on sexual ethics
A long-simmering conflict between the Vatican and American nuns has erupted again with the Vatican’s doctrinal office issuing a scathing critique of a popular book on sexual ethics by Sister Margar...
Vatican official calls leaked documents an 'immoral' and 'brutal' attack
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The Vatican's No. 3 official on Tuesday (May 29) condemned the theft and publication of secret papal documents as an "immoral act of unheard-of gravity."
...Director of Vatican Bank resigns under pressure
c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) In an unprecedented move, the board of the Vatican Bank on Thursday (May 24) forced its president, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, to resign.
...Vatican details rules on Virgin Mary sightings
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The Vatican has published rules to evaluate the authenticity of the dozens of apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported each year.
...Pope finds kindred spirit in German 'feminist' saint
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Here are two things that don't typically go together: Pope Benedict XVI and feminist culture.
...Pope turns 85 amid speculation of resignation
c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI turned 85 on Monday (April 16) amid renewed speculation about his declining health and possible resignation.
...Vatican wants to revive church's role in fighting the Mafia
c. 2012 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Vatican officials traveled this week to the island of
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Pope meets with Fidel Castro, urges more freedom
c. 2012 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI ended his three-day visit to Cuba on
Wednesday (March 28) with an appeal for more religious freedom for the
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Pope arrives in Cuba, blasts economic 'selfishness'
c. 2012 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday (March 26),
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Pope tells Cubans to look beyond Marxism
c. 2012 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (March 23) urged Cuba's
communist government to look for "new models" beyond its "Marxist ideology,"...