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Vatican: World Not Ending, Despite Maya Prediction

AP | Posted 02.10.2013 | Religion
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's top astronomer has some assurances to offer: The world won't be ending in 10 days, despite predictions to the contr...

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This Is 'Fake,' Vatican Paper Says

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 09.28.2012 | Religion
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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding Harvard University's claim that a 4th century Coptic papyrus fragment showed...

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Vatican Newspaper Getting Wider Distribution in US

AP | Posted 07.24.2012 | Religion
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VATICAN CITY -- Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano says it is starting a new distribution deal in the United States, in the hope of broadening its...

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Proponents Of Euthanasia, Nazi Genocide Use Same Arguments According To Vatican Newspaper

Posted 05.04.2012 | Religion
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By Alessandro Speciale Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Proponents of euthanasia and aborting chronically ill fetuses use the same argumen...

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Catholic-Jewish Relations Still Have Far To Go

Posted 10.31.2011 | Religion
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By Philip A. Cunningham and Eric J. Greenberg Religion News Service (RNS) A fascinating exchange recently took place in the pages of the Vatican's...

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Vatican Mourns Taylor As 'Last Diva Of Cinema'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's official newspaper eulogized actress Elizabeth Taylor as the "last remaini...

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The Vatican Unsure How To Plug WikiLeak

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) A U.S. diplomat's confidential analysis of Vatican communication failures, recently publish...

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Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI, while still a cardinal, sought in vain to expedite the process for de...

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Homer's Religious Odyssey: The Simpsons' Elusive Faith

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Cathleen Falsani

While the Vatican has arrived late to the party, for a place that counts time in centuries not years, the Holy See's engagement with the worldwide cultural phenomenon that is The Simpsons is well ahead of schedule.

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Vatican Paper Praises 'The Simpsons'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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VATICAN CITY — To put it as the devout Ned Flanders would, the Vatican's newspaper thinks "The Simpsons" are an okely dokely bunch. L'Osservato...

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The Vatican Labels Kidman Flop "The Golden Compass" As "Anti-Christmas"

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has criticised the children's film "The Golden Compass" starring Nicole Kidman, calling it "anti-Christmas....

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