Pope John Paul II 'Whipped Himself In Remorse For Sins'
The Pope, who died five years ago, is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church....
The Pope, who died five years ago, is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church....
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
We as a nation have not been upholding ample support for the arts, despite the deep spiritual healing that it can bring -- its joys, its shared experience, its sense of what and who we are.
csmonitor.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
Move over, Snoop Dogg? As an white-haired octogenarian bachelor from a scholarly background, he hardly fits the profile of the first-time music artis...
Wendy Diamond | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
Everyone from Scooby Doo to Princess Fiona to Elvis had a tail-wagging good time at Animal Fair's 9th Annual Howloween Costume Party, which benefited the Humane Society of New York.
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy
In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Now that the former IRT Powerhouse on the Hudson is threatened with demolition, the Hudson River Powerhouse Group, led by Jimmy Finn and Paul Kelterborn, has emerged to save it.
globalpost.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
SANTIAGO, Chile -- The neighbors couldn't help but notice the huge head of Pope John Paul II rising out of the sculptor's workshop next door. Hidde...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced Tuesday it was making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism – a surprise move desig...
AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
ROME — The world must take "determined and effective" action against hunger after the global economic crisis pushed the ranks of the undernouris...
Posted 10.11.2009 | Comedy
We're pretty sure offering the Pope "pussy" is inappropriate, but doing it in the name of solving world hunger seems a little less crazy. Sarah Silver...
Lisa Birnbach | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media
The invitation said, "Archery Tournament. Bring a photo of your most hated enemy. I will supply bows, arrows, feasting, and vodka." Our cohort had vendettas against Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Paris Hilton, the Pope, Octomom and Dick Cheney.
AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI pledged on Friday that the U.S. Catholic church will keep working to shape American consciences on ethical ques...
AP | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Doctors on Friday removed Pope Benedict XVI's cast five weeks after he broke his right wrist in a fall and said they were pleased...
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
ROME — Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of ...
AP | Posted 08.29.2009 | World
LES COMBES, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that his guardian angel was clearly acting "on superior orders" when he let the pontiff fal...
Stewart Acuff | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
I'm neither a Roman Catholic scholar nor a Biblical scholar, but I can read, and the Pope's language is crisp and clear: restrain the greed of the markets; protect workers; pass the EFCA.
AP | COLLEEN BARRY and LUCA BRUNO | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
AOSTA, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI waved reassuringly to well-wishers outside a hospital Friday where he underwent surgery to set a fractured righ...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and BEN FELLER | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack ...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and BEN FELLER | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack ...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
L'AQUILA, Italy — Lasting worldwide recovery "is still a ways off," President Barack Obama declared Friday, but he also said at the conclusion o...
AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 08.08.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as...
BBC | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
The Pope has called for reform of the United Nations and financial bodies, giving them the "real teeth" needed to tackle economic and social injustice...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing ...
BBC | Duncan Kennedy | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
Vatican Radio - the voice of the Roman Catholic Church - is starting to air advertisements for the first time in the station's nearly 80-year history....
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama will meet on July 10, a much-anticipated Vatican audience with a president under att...
Telegraph | Nick Pisa | Posted 11.23.2009 | World