Wed, Jun 17th, 2009 | Top Stories |

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican warned a rebel ultra-traditionalist order on Wednesday not to go ahead with plans to ordain new priests this month, saying the move could incur disciplinary action. The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), recently in ...Read More

Vatican, Anglicans pledge to strengthen ties

Sun, Nov 22nd, 2009 | World |

Vatican, Anglicans pledge to strengthen ties VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans. Archbishop Rowan Williams said he came ...Read More

David Cameron in new feud with traditional Tories over promotion of women

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | U.K. |

David Cameron in new feud with traditional Tories over promotion of women After the 'Turnip Taliban' rebellion in Norfolk, the Conservative leader is this time fighting to contain a series of rows involving traditionalists in suburban London. Activists in the Conservative stronghold of Beckenham have condemned as "ridiculous" an edict that there must ...Read More

Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY -The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans, with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. Archbishop ...Read More

Facebook, Wikipedia execs to brief Vatican, Catholic bishops about Internet, youth culture

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the Internet and digital youth culture. The symposium, which opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, also will address Internet ...Read More

Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | SciTech |

VATICAN CITY -E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life ...Read More

E.T. phone Rome: Vatican looks for signs of alien life

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | SciTech, Top Stories |

E.T. phone Rome: Vatican looks for signs of alien life VATICAN CITY — Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its ...Read More

Vatican Looks for Signs of Alien Life

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | SciTech |

VATICAN CITY (Nov. 10) - E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of ...Read More

Vatican: Opening door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean Catholic celibacy rule changes

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy. The Holy See press office released rules and guidelines, ...Read More

Powerhouse Priests Spar Over What it Means to Be Catholic

Sun, Nov 8th, 2009 | Health |

The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally couch even the harshest disagreements in decorous, ecclesiastical language. But it didn't take a decoder ring to figure out what Rome-based Archbishop Raymond Burke meant in a late-September address when he charged ...Read More

Vatican to accept married priests on case-by-case basis

Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for disillusioned conservative Anglicans to convert. A surprise Vatican decision, announced 10 days ...Read More

Vatican to decide each case of Anglican priests

Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY -The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for disillusioned conservative Anglicans to convert. A surprise Vatican decision, announced 10 days earlier to ...Read More

Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief

Fri, Oct 30th, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders' first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a Vatican spokesman said ...Read More

Vatican seeks to bring traditionalists back into fold

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes ...Read More

Vatican: talks with traditionalists will continue

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | World |

Vatican: talks with traditionalists will continue VATICAN CITY—The Vatican said talks held Monday with a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics were cordial and will continue over the coming months. The Vatican issued a statement at the end of an inaugural meeting between Vatican officials and a delegation ...Read More

Vatican aims to reintegrate traditionalists

Sun, Oct 25th, 2009 | World |

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican begins talks Monday to bring a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics back under its wing, nine months after the pope created an uproar by rehabilitating one of their bishops despite his denial of the Holocaust. A delegation from ...Read More

Pope celebrates Mass to cap Africa meeting

Sun, Oct 25th, 2009 | World |

Pope celebrates Mass to cap Africa meeting VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI ended a three-week Vatican meeting on Africa Sunday with a call for peace and reconciliation among all people on the continent, regardless of ethnic and religious differences. The pope celebrated Mass in St. Peter's basilica to cap ...Read More