VATICAN CITY (RNS) International clothing retailer Benetton pulled a provocative ad featuring Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim cleric on Wednesday (Nov....

November 16, 2011

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Pope to make second trip to Africa

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI will make his second papal trip to Africa on Friday (Nov....

November 15, 2011

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Amid tense relations, Ireland closes embassy to the Vatican

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November 3, 2011

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Pope convenes interfaith summit, but prayer is optional

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October 27, 2011

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Vatican blasts `idolatry' of global markets

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Blaming the world's economic and financial crisis on an “economic liberalism that spurns rules and controls,” the Vatican on Monday (Oct....

October 24, 2011

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Vatican hails end of Gadhafi regime

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican called the death of Libya’s longtime leader Col....

October 21, 2011

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Pope appoints new ambassador to U.S.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has named Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano as the Vatican's next ambassador to the United States....

October 19, 2011

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Activist U.S. priest arrested at Vatican

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Roman Catholic priest from Georgia who is on the verge of expulsion from his religious order for advocating for women's...

October 17, 2011

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Exiled Libyan Jews look with hope toward homeland

ROME (RNS) The Jews of old wandered the wilderness for 40 years before entering the Promised Land. For the exiled Jews of Libya, it's already been 44....

October 6, 2011

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Amnesty International slams Irish Catholic Church on abuse

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A new report by the Irish branch of Amnesty International says the sexual abuse of children by Ireland's Roman...

September 26, 2011