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Vatican fresco may show first European depictions of Native Americans
ROME -- The first European renditions of Native Americans, made shortly after Christopher Columbus returned from his first trip to the Americas, may have been discovered under layers of grime on a neglected fresco at the Vatican. The tiny figures of...
Tags: Dance, Social Issues, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Vatican City
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After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...
Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Benedict XVI, Roger M. Mahony, Religious Leaders, Christianity
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Pope says no bonuses this time for Vatican employees
The Roman Catholic Church is tightening its belt. Vatican employees will not get bonuses that are traditionally handed out upon the election of a new pope, a spokesman told reporters Thursday. The last time a pope was replaced, Vatican employees were...
Tags: Francis I, Employees, Career and Workplace, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns
ROME — Pope Francis has backed the Vatican's doctrinal crackdown on a major group of American nuns, reasserting the Roman Catholic Church's conservative approach to various social issues in a move that could cool the warm reception he has received...
Tags: Francis I, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Separation of Church and State, Benedict XVI, Belief and Faith
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Pope Francis appoints panel to study overhaul of the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Francis launched a long-awaited cleanup of the Vatican by announcing a task force Saturday made up of eight high-ranking cardinals, including one American, who will determine how best to reform the much-criticized Curia, or Vatican...
Tags: Francis I, Papal Conclave (2013), Benedict XVI, Religious Leaders, Christianity
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'The Borgias' upsets some in Italy as vote for new pope underway
VATICAN CITY -- An Italian television station is broadcasting the salacious show "The Borgias" during the papal election conclave, despite pressure from a Catholic group to drop it because of its unflattering depiction of the papacy and the effect it...
Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Roman Catholicism, Jeremy Irons, Television
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First reader thoughts on the first Pope Francis
Much of the punditocracy and news coverage in reaction to the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I has focused on the novelty of placing the first Latin American and the first Jesuit -- and the first Francis -- on the...
Tags: Francis I, Belief and Faith, Christianity, Elections, Politics
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Francis, a pope of firsts
The election of a new pope is primarily of interest to Roman Catholics, for whom the bishop of Rome is the Vicar of Christ and the keeper of the keys to heaven. But there is a reason, other than a fascination with history and pageantry, that the wider...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Same-Sex Marriage, Roman Catholicism, Argentina, Labor Legislation
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Cardinal Bergoglio chosen as new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named the 266th pope Wednesday, succeeding Benedict XVI as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics and inheriting a global church that is growing in some parts of the world but faces serious...
Tags: Francis I, Papal Conclave (2013), Benedict XVI, Christianity, Elections
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New pope: Some Latinos take note of Bergoglio's Italian roots
L.A. NOWAs he cut a young man’s hair in his Huntington Park barbershop, Carlos Madrid said he was thrilled that the new pope hailed from Latin America. He could have sworn the pontiff would be from Italy, he said. Then, after...... -
Cardinal Mahony tweets request for prayers before papal conclave
L.A. NOWIntegrating 21st century technology into a nearly 2,000-year tradition, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony took to Twitter and his blog Tuesday to ask for prayers as he and 114 other cardinals begin the selection of the next pope. “Last tweet...... -
Roman Catholic cardinals set to begin process to choose new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic cardinals were set to begin a ritualized process Tuesday to decide who will lead 1.2 billion followers around the world, cloistering themselves as they choose the next pope. The 115 cardinal electors were expected to...
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