By ALYX BARKER

By MARC MEWSHAW

ROME -- In a shift of positions, the Catholic Church has indicated it will consider paying taxes on its vast property holdings throughout Italy.

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By INSIDER REPORTERS

VATICAN CITY -- The St Peter Square Christmas Tree was lit on Friday night by a young Ukrainian boy in a ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI.

By MARC MEWSHAW

By MARC MEWSHAW

 INSIDER NEWSDESK

By CORNELIUS SULLIVAN

By ALYX BARKER

By ALYX BARKER

ROME -- The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has recommended a "central world bank" to try and combat the looming global financial crisis.

By ALYX BARKER

ROME --The Eternal City's museums are replete with Caravaggio exhibitions.

By CORNELIUS SULLIVAN

Ebenezer Scrooge thought that any festivities were humbug, particularly Christmas and anything else which might stop him making money and which disrupted his normal way of life.

ROME—A traditionalist Catholic has launched a suit for defamation against the director of a new film about a panic-stricken pope who requires psychiatric assistance to overcome his a

VATICAN CITY--Mr Nigel Marcus Baker OBE MVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Holy See in succession to Mr Francis Campbell.

VATICAN CITY – Mary MacKillop , who became Australia’s first certified saint on Sunday, was given celebrity treatment as were the other four honoured with her in St Pet