Tag: Holy See
Comic escapes prosecution for insulting Pope
An Italian comic who said Pope Benedict would be punished in hell for the Church's treatment of homosexuals was spared possible prosecution on Thursday when the Government blocked an investigation against her.[MORE]
Madonna makes dedication to Pope
Madonna courts controversy by dedicating Like A Virgin to Pope Benedict.[MORE]
Six killed in India religious riots, Vatican condemns
Six people were killed when Hindu and Christian mobs clashed in eastern India, where dozens of churches have been vandalised in spiralling religious violence.[MORE]
Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur
Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.[MORE]
Iraqi Christians need protection: Pope
Pope Benedict XVI has told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that minority Christians in Iraq need more protection but the Iraqi leader assured him that Christians were not being persecuted.[MORE]
Catholic groups call on pope to end contraception ban
More than 50 dissident Catholic groups have published an unusually frank open letter to Pope Benedict saying the Church's ban on contraception had been "catastrophic" and urging him to lift it.[MORE]
Smith defends Fischer's Vatican role
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has defended the appointment of the former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer as Australia's ambassador to the Vatican.[MORE]
Fischer named Vatican ambassador
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer will be the first ambassador to the Holy See.[MORE]
Pope confirms sexual abuse apology
Pope Benedict has said he will use his trip to Sydney to apologise for sexual abuse by Australian priests.[MORE]
Pope departs Rome for WYD, apology anticipated
Pope Benedict has left Rome for Australia, where he will meet hundreds of thousands of pilgrims celebrating WYD.[MORE]
Missing miracle the key for MacKillop sainthood
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Many believe there is evidence of a second miracle that could make Australia's Mary MacKillop a saint.[MORE]
Pope urges G8 summit to help the world's poor
Pope Benedict urged a Group of Eight summit in Japan to take measures to fight poverty and hunger at a time of soaring food and oil prices. [MORE]
Phoney priest stopped from taking Vatican confessions
A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said.[MORE]
Pope doesn't wear Prada, says Vatican newspaper
The Vatican's official newspaper has denied Pope Benedict has designer tastes.[MORE]
Anne Hathaway's ex arrested on fraud charges
An Italian businessman famed as the long-time boyfriend of US actress Anne Hathaway has been arrested on charges of operating a fraudulent real estate scheme that he claimed was linked to the Vatican, US authorities said.[MORE]
Vatican to define 'good cinema'
Da Vinci Code follow-up prompts The Vatican to develop "good cinema" guidelines.[MORE]
Angles And Demons filming requests denied
Italy's Catholic Church is refusing to let a new movie based on a Dan Brown novel be filmed in churches in Rome after the author's novel The Da Vinci Code, and the corresponding film, outraged the Vatican.[MORE]
'Expelled' nuns chain themselves to Vatican lamp post
Two elderly Italian nuns have chained themselves to a lamp post outside the Vatican, claiming they had been wrongly expelled from their cloistered convent and wanted Pope Benedict to help them return.[MORE]
God could have created aliens too: Vatican
The search for extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God, the pope's chief astronomer said on Tuesday, adding that some aliens might even be innocent of the original sin.[MORE]
Pope visits New York synagogue
Pope Benedict has visited a synagogue in New York, where he was welcomed by the Rabbi, Arthur Schneier, a survivor of the Holocaust. [MORE]
Pope warns against undermining UN
Countries that act unilaterally on the world stage undermine the authority of the United Nations and weaken the broad consensus needed to confront global problems, Pope Benedict said.[MORE]
Base decisions on moral principles, Pope tells US
Pope Benedict has urged Americans and their leaders to base their political and social decisions on moral principles and create a more just society.[MORE]
Pope begins US visit
Pope Benedict XVI has begun a visit to the United States, hoping to heal wounds from a decades-long clergy sex scandal that has disfigured the US church and to tackle other sensitive subjects, including the war in Iraq.[MORE]
Vatican approves plan to move Jean Paul II's tomb: report
The Vatican has approved a plan to transfer the tomb of pope John Paul II from a crypt beneath Saint Peter's to the interior of the basilica itself, Italian media has reported.[MORE]
Muslim baptised by Pope says life in danger
A Muslim author and critic of Islamic fundamentalism who was baptised a Catholic by Pope Benedict says Islam is "physiologically violent" and he is now in great danger because of his conversion.[MORE]
