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Gaucho exhibition at Vatican a tribute to pope's homeland
Reuters* Pope Francis expected to visit exhibition privately * Includes 100-year-old photos of frontier life on the Pampas * Many objects leave Argentina for the first time By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 17 (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary...Tags: Italy, Arts and Culture, Vatican City, Argentina, Francis I
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Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website
Reuters* Trying to shed reputation as world's most secretive bank * Bank will hire international auditing firm By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its...Tags: Italy, Vatican City, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Vatican Bank to publish yearly report, launch website
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a center of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said. Ernst von Freyberg told the bank's employees of the...Tags: Italy, Vatican City, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Disgraced Cardinal to leave Scotland for penance-Vatican
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. A...Tags: Sex Crimes, Papal Conclave (2013), Scotland, Religion and Belief, Sexual Misconduct
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Vatican becomes patron of arts again
VATICAN CITY -- Centuries after it helped kick-start Western art, the Vatican is seeking to break back into the art world with its first-ever pavilion at the prestigious Venice Biennale. The display includes a very modern mix of photography and...
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Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST, May 14 (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Government, Culture
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Michigan-raised priest asks to leave priesthood to be near secret son
Detroit Free PressA Catholic Church analyst known to national TVnews audiences for his movie-star looks and Vatican-line views, Michigan-bred Catholic priest Thomas Williams has decided to leave the priesthood one year after it was revealed he had fathered a child....Tags: Politics, Vatican City, Detroit Free Press, Religion and Belief, Francis I
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Africa, Asia see boom in Catholic priests as numbers fall in Europe; nuns down 10 pct
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first...Tags: Vatican City, Africa, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Pope proclaims first saints, says Christians still persecuted
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith. The Vatican seemed at pains not to...Tags: Vatican City, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Islam, Religious Conflicts
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Madre Laura named Colombia's first saint
Miami HeraldJERICo, Colombia -- In her lifetime, Laura Montoya's stubborn determination to help Colombia's indigenous people brought the reproach of society, the political elite and the church, which viewed her work with suspicion and accused her of being unstable....Tags: Indigenous People, Politics, Lupus, Francis I, Religion and Belief
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OPINION: Son of Cleveland suspect is part of bizarre story
The BladeDouglas Neckers, a distinguished professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, wasn't happy with a story in The Blade about the son of accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. The story, by staff writer Tanya Irwin, revealed that the son, who...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Religion and Belief, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Media Industry
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The Miami Herald Myriam Marquez column
Miami HeraldIn her mind's eye, Elsa Morejon looks from Miami at her beloved island and worries that what ails Cuba will not be cured solely with democracy. What ails Cuba, the humble Baptist nurse says with conviction, is a gaping hole in spirituality, a people who...Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Values, Prisons
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