‘THE Vatican has been accused of trying to cash in on the Pope’s words after it decided to impose strict copyright on all papal pronouncements.
For the first time all papal documents, including encyclicals, will be governed by copyright invested in the official Vatican publishing house, the Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
The edict covers Pope Benedict XVI’s first […]
‘US First Lady Laura Bush will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to Europe as leader of the official US delegation to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin.
Bush and one of her daughters, Barbara, will have an audience with the pontiff at the Vatican on February 9, the Italian news […]
‘They are known as the “Defenders of the Church” and this weekend the Vatican Swiss Guard celebrated 500 years of service.
In that time they have protected 42 successive popes, although more recently the Vatican has been guarded by Italian security forces and plainclothes police. But personal safety of the pope is still the guards’ full […]
‘The Vatican newspaper has published an article saying intelligent design is not science and teaching it alongside evolutionary theory in school classrooms only creates confusion.
The article in Tuesday’s editions of L’Osservatore Romano was the latest in a series of interventions by Vatican officials — including the pope — on the issue that has dominated headlines […]
‘The late pope John Paul II is “praying from heaven” for Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who attempted to kill the pontiff in 1981 and who is expected to be released from jail this week, John Paul’s former private secretary said on Monday.
Stanslaw Dziwisz, who held the wounded pope in his arms after he was […]
‘The leader of the Catholic Church has continued his criticism of same-sex unions, saying the blocking of gay marriage was an “elementary truth” rather than a purely religious fight.
Speaking to Italian politicians, Pope Benedict urged them to block any debate on gay marriage in the forthcoming elections, echoing claims he made last year that same-sex […]
‘Pope Benedict XVI met Wednesday with 30 children who survived the 2004 school hostage siege in Beslan, Russia, greeting them and posing for a photo with them.
The children, all wearing blue baseball caps, attended the pope’s 90-minute public audience in the Vatican’s audience hall as part of a weeklong visit to Italy.’
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‘The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from prison this week after a court decided he had completed his sentence on charges in another case - a ruling that took the Vatican by surprise.
Mehmet Ali Agca was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in Italy […]