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Survey shows Catholic priests don’t like Mass changes

| May 22, 2013

More than a year after the revisions to the familiar prayers and rubrics of the Catholic Mass took effect in U.S. parishes, a survey of American priests shows that they are more disturbed by the innovations than their flocks.
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Vatican uncovers first known depiction of Native American

| May 8, 2013

Covered by centuries of soot, the restoration of the painting revealed a small depiction of naked men with feathered headdresses who appear to be dancing. A man on horseback is also visible.
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New testing dates Shroud of Turin to era of Christ

| Apr 2, 2013

(RNS) New scientific tests on the Shroud of Turin, which went on display Saturday (March 30) in a special TV appearance introduced by the pope, date the cloth to ancient times, challenging earlier experiments that dated it only to the Middle Ages.
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New pope means new business for recession-weary Rome

| Mar 19, 2013

Rome’s business owners had pinned their hopes on the election of an American pope in the hope that it would generate an extra influx of tourists – and bring some much needed relief to the Eternal City’s crisis-battered economy.
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TAKE A SNEAK PEEK: Inside the Vatican - A Photo Gallery

| Mar 11, 2013

During the days before a new pope is announced, journalists gather and the Catholic community prepares inside the Vatican. Take a peek before conclave begins Tuesday (March 12).
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What happens next at the Vatican

| Feb 11, 2013

What are the rules for electing a new pope? They’re not much different after a pope dies or resigns. Pope Benedict XVI modified the rules in 2007, following a major overhaul by Pope John Paul II in 1996.
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Vatican admits it doesn’t fully understand youth culture

| Feb 1, 2013

The Pontifical Council for Culture invited sociologists, web experts and theologians to a three-day, closed-door event on Feb. 6-9 aimed at studying “emerging youth cultures.” According to a working paper released ahead of the meeting, the church risks “offering answers to questions that are not there” if it doesn’t learn “the cultural reality of young people.”
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Vatican: Calling Jews ‘enemies’ of the church is unacceptable

| Jan 8, 2013

The Catholic Church reaffirmed its commitment to dialogue with Jews after the head of a breakaway conservative group labeled Jews as “enemies of the Church.”
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Pope’s butler found guilty in Vatileaks scandal, sentenced to 18 months

| Oct 8, 2012

A Vatican judge sentenced Pope Benedict's former butler to 18 months in jail for stealing the pontiff's private papers and leaking them to the press. But a Vatican spokesman said that a papal pardon is highly likely.
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Vatican newspaper calls ‘Jesus Wife’ fragment a ‘clumsy fake’

| Oct 1, 2012

L'Osservatore Romano devoted two articles to Harvard professor Karen King's claim that a 4th century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married.
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