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Sacred art to encourage saintly life

Cornelius Sullivan

20 January 2014

Cornelius Sullivan

20 January 2014

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NAPLES, FLORIDA-"The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments ... the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb." -

Illuminating Sistine Chapel parsimoniously

Gianfranco Nitti

9 January 2014

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9 January 2014

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ROME-More than 5 million people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013, underlining the appeal of Pope Francis, the museums

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Pope Francis draws record crowds

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6 January 2014

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ROME - As many as 5.459,000 people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013 and the number is expected to increase in 2014, posing some logistical problems for the tiny city state, the Holy See says.

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Pope tells "pitchfork" activists to shun violence

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23 December 2013

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Archangelic vision

Cornelius Sullivan

13 December 2013

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13 December 2013

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NAPLES, FLORIDA - The painting is a representation of the vision seen by Pope Gregory the Great and hundreds of pilgrims as they processed from the Basilica of Saint Mary Major through the street

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Vatican set to reopen Necropolis

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12 December 2013

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12 December 2013

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VATICAN CITY - After two years of excavations, the Vatican will be reopening the necropolis on Via Triumphalis in January, allowing visitors access to one section which has never before been avai

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Pope appoints Stephen Robson as Bishop of Dunkeld

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11 December 2013

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Robson as the new Bishop of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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Pope prays for kidnapped nuns in Syria

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4 December 2013

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has called for prayers for the safety of a group of 12 nuns who were taken from a Greek Orthodox monastery in the ancient town of Ma'lula in Syria.

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The Falklands are still the Falklands in the Vatican

JAMES WALSTON

4 December 2013

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4 December 2013

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VATICAN CITY - In the third loggia above the Belvedere Courtyard are some of the offices of the Secretary of State, in practice, the government of the Vatican.

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Putin-Pope meeting may warm relations

ANDREW GARGANO

25 November 2013

ANDREW GARGANO

25 November 2013

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VATICAN CITY-Russian President Vladimir Putin had an audience with Pope Francis Monday to discuss Syria and try to warm relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches.

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US Diplomat: Pope has set an important new direction

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25 November 2013

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ROME - The Holy See has "enormous" influence in the world and Pope Francis has set the Catholic Church in "a new direction", the US Ambassador to the Holy See,

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Comment: Obamacare and the Church

Cornelius Sullivan

15 November 2013

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15 November 2013

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NAPLES, FLORIDA-Obamacare is based on redistribing wealth, Mother Teresa's care on Christian charity -the two ideals are not intrinsically antithetical but in practice are as radically different

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Vatican "saves FAO Opus staff jobs"

JAN FILIPOWICZ

7 November 2013

JAN FILIPOWICZ

7 November 2013

ROME– Food and Agriculture Organisation staff with Vatican “protectors” or in secretive Opus Dei are favoured by the UN agency management among employees facing vicious job cuts, FAO watchers say.

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Missile strikes Vatican embassy in Syria

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5 November 2013

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VATICAN CITY - A missile has struck the Vatican embassy in the Malki district of Damascus, Syria.

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Did the NSA spy on Pope Francis?

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30 October 2013

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VATICAN CITY - The United States National Security Agency (NSA) monitored incoming and outgoing calls from the residence of Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) during the March

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World Bank President and Pope fight poverty together

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28 October 2013

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VATICAN CITY - President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim was "inspired" after meeting with Pope Francis on Monday, stating that the pontiff could "ignite a movement" to end global poverty.

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Books: Pope Francis's controversial past

Philip Willan

27 October 2013

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27 October 2013

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ROME-Pope Francis's embryonic papacy has been fresh air for many Catholics-The enthusiastic extrovert, impatient of formality, eager to preach and practice the essential message of God’s untiring f

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Pope reiterates strong condemnation for antisemitism

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24 October 2013

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24 October 2013

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis reiterated his condemnation for antisemitism and racial intolerance at a speech before a group of delegates from the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Thursday.

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Pope calls for justice system reform

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23 October 2013

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for a more humane justice system in a speech before his general audience on Wednesday, stating that even God is "a prisoner."

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Pope Francis and Caravaggio: Part Two

Cornelius Sullivan

4 October 2013

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4 October 2013

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NAPLES, FLORIDA - Pope Francis said, "That finger of Jesus, pointing at Matthew. That's me. I feel like him. Like Matthew."

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Radical reform organisations call for audience with pope

CHARLOTTE TRUNDLEY

25 September 2013

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25 September 2013

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VATICAN CITY -- Radical movement, We Are the Church, have written to the pope in response to his recent interview with a prominent Jesuit magazine.

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Pope Francis and Caravaggio

Cornelius Sullivan

25 September 2013

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25 September 2013

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NAPLES, FLORIDA - Pope Francis said, "That finger of Jesus, pointing at Matthew. That’s me. I feel like him. Like Matthew.

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Sant'Egidio says Peshawar massacre "will trigger conversions"

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23 September 2013

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ROME-- Following the bloody massacre at a minority anglican church in Peshawar, Pakistan, the president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, expressed that the only way to achieve

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