Pope Joins Obama in Getting a Youtube Channel

Obama is not the only high-profile leader who is embracing social media. Pope Benedict XVI has launched a Vatican channel on Youtube, which compliments the Vatican website (I didn't realize that the .va domain...

Pope Benedict says Pollution could destroy world's future

On this Epihany Day, Pope Benedict XVI warned that the world's pollution could destroy the future of our planet, and that people need to take the issue of world climate change more seriously. " Benedict is...

Big Vatican Christmas Tree to Be Recycled Into Toys

The Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square, which was lit today, will be recycled into toys for needy children when the holiday is over. The tree, which is the largest ever to be placed in St. Peter's Square, is 33...

Vatican has ambitious solar energy plans

The Vatican activated it's new solar panel roof yesterday, and are now planning to unveil more plans to 'go green'.They want to provide 20% of their energy needs by 2020."Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, the governor of...

Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur

The Italian animal rights campaigners are unhappy with Pope Benedict.Campaigners are trying to appeal to the Pope's cat-loving reputation, urging him to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes. An online...

VATICAN CITY -- SOLEMN PRAYERS FROM POPE BENEDICT XVI for the PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES -- it was aired early today in the local TV news network that POPE BENEDICT XVI pledged a solemn prayer for the survivors and victims with most numbers of casualties were children with...

Pagan Tomb Under St. Peter's Basilica Reopened

An amazing pagan tomb built by slaves during the second half of the second century underneath St. Peter's Basilica in Italy has been reopened today after nearly a year of restoration work. Built for the Valeri...

Pope Benedict Arrived in United States

" VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI is confident that the US government has done enough to protect him during his upcoming visit to the United States, the Vatican's number two said...

Vatican says Pope's baptism of Muslim not a hostile act

The Vatican's own newspaper printed an article today stating how the Pope Benedict's baptism of an Italian Muslim man over Easter weekend was not a hostile act against Islam, after the move angered critics in the...

Vatican lists seven new social sins

Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins.So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of “new” sins such as causing environmental blight.After 1,500 years, the Vatican has brought...

Catholic officials, Muslim scholars to meet in Rome

"A landmark meeting between Catholic officials and Muslim scholars that aims to spur dialogue between Christianity and Islam is planned to take place in Rome this spring, a senior Vatican official said.The top Vatican official in charge of relations with Islam, Cardinal...

Pope's Midnight Mass ushers in Christmas

Get your Pope on..."VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to set aside time in their lives for God and the needy, as he ushered in Christmas early Tuesday by celebrating Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Echoing a theme he has raised about an increasingly...

Vatican blasts "Golden Compass" as Godless, hopeless

"The Vatican newspaper said "honest" viewers would find it "devoid of any particular emotion apart from a great chill."In the fantasy world created by Pullman's trilogy, 'His Dark Materials', the Church and its governing body the Magisterium, are linked to cruel experiments...

Keith Olbermann Speaks Out: The Secret Truth About Bush's War

"Last night msnbc "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann spoke out about Mr. Bush's secret trip to Iraq and his startling admission of his true motive for his Iraq war, which was revealed in his absence from the...

Pope sounds new warning on global warming

"VATICAN CITY, Sept 5, 2007 (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI voiced renewed anxiety Wednesday about global warming and hailed greater awareness of the problem, in remarks at his weekly audience.  "Water resources...

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