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....
AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
ROME — A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the ...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology
VATICAN CITY — Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the ...
Tom Gregory | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy
L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited hostile takeover.
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).
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...
Tom Gregory | Posted 08.21.2009 | Comedy
The Holy Ghost - which shares the power of God - is invisible yet everywhere, can create something from nothing or turn everything back into nothing.
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 ...
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 ...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's top envoy for China says the time has come for the Holy See to get tough with Beijing and not compromise over relig...
AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
WARSAW, Poland — To him, she was "My Dear Dusia" and he signed his letters "Br" _ short for brother. She was one of a handful of people by his ...
New York Times | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
Festivities in Rome this weekend for the dedication of an Orthodox church on the grounds of the Russian Embassy near the Vatican attest to a surprisin...
AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged young Catholics to use the Internet to spread the church's message. The pope promoted the use o...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
Before arriving in the region, the Vatican billed the visit as spiritual rather than political. In fact, from day one his trip was mired with political controversies.
AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
ANKARA, Turkey — The man who shot Pope John Paul II says he would like to convert to Christianity at a baptism ceremony at the Vatican soon afte...
Telegraph | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
The Vatican blundered into a fresh public relations fiasco on Tuesday after seeking to rewrite the biography of Pope Benedict XVI by denying that he w...
Telegraph | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
Angels and Demons, the Da Vinci Code sequel starring Tom Hanks, has received a surprisingly good review from the Vatican....
AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip to the Holy Land will be bittersweet for Gaza's tiny Catholic community, angry the pontiff is not also visiting thei...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
As part of the widespread outcry against the Vatican in the wake of Pope Benedict's Africa trip -- where the Pontiff made official his position on con...
AP | Posted 04.26.2009 | World
ROME — The Italian Senate approved a bill Thursday to ban caregivers from suspending food and water to any patient _ a move that comes after a r...
AP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — A top Vatican official for bioethics on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to fund broader research into s...
The Tidings | Cardinal Roger Mahony, Rabbi Gary Greenebaum and Seth Brysk | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
In January, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of four bishops of a small ultra-traditionalist group that broke from the Catholic Church ove...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
The Vatican has rejected the apology of Bishop Richard Williamson who has made headlines for his controversial remarks concerning the Holocaust, repor...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday...
Telegraph | Nick Pisa | Posted 11.23.2009 | World