Read more Vatican stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2674/vatican.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:37:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74518/vatican-historian-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA researcher at the Vatican archives claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. Author Barbara Frale says computer-enhanced images of faint Greek, Latin, and Aramaic words show the name "Jesus Nazarene" in a writing style typical...http://www.newser.com/story/74518/vatican-historian-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73765/et-phone-rome-vatican-holds-alien-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoes intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe and if so, is it Christian? Those and other weighty questions are up for discussion this week at a Vatican conference on astrobiology. Religious leaders and a range of scientists—including some non-Catholics—have been called in to discuss the possibility of...http://www.newser.com/story/73765/et-phone-rome-vatican-holds-alien-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 2:35:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72296/anglican-deal-may-lead-to-married-priests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican's attempts to heal the centuries-old rift with the Anglican Church may have a consequence nobody intended: an end to celibacy for priests. By offering a new Anglican rite under the umbrella of Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI has invited married Anglican clergy into the fold—and cracked open the...http://www.newser.com/story/72296/anglican-deal-may-lead-to-married-priests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 4:55:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70518/vatican-slams-sex-abuse-in-other-religions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican hit out at critics of its handling of the church's sexual abuse crisis yesterday, maintaining that most of its abusive clergymen were gay men and not pedophiles. The Holy See's UN representative cited "available research" that only 5% or less of its clergy were involved in child sex...http://www.newser.com/story/70518/vatican-slams-sex-abuse-in-other-religions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 5:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70164/vatican-plans-major-overhaul-of-secretive-bank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican bank—so secretive it makes Swiss bankers seem chatty—is getting a major revamp as part of Pope Benedict XVI's campaign for transparency. Italian economist Ettori Tedeschi has been appointed the new chief executive—replacing someone who's been in the post 20 years—and the bank's supervisory board...http://www.newser.com/story/70164/vatican-plans-major-overhaul-of-secretive-bank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 4:43:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69218/most-controversial-music-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith MTV's Video Music Awards set for Sunday (not that you'll see many videos on the channel these days), Oddee.com takes a look at some of the form’s most controversial: Closer , Nine Inch Nails: To go along with the explicitly sexual lyrics, this 1994 piece includes a monkey fixed...http://www.newser.com/story/69218/most-controversial-music-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 8:14:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68606/editor-ripped-by-belusconi-bro-for-gay-affair-loses-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times . He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for...http://www.newser.com/story/68606/editor-ripped-by-belusconi-bro-for-gay-affair-loses-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 2:23:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68141/vatican-snubs-berlusconi-over-cheeky-news-article.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe may still be beloved by Italian voters, but there’s clearly no love lost between Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Holy See has disinvited the scandal-ridden Italian premier from a religious service and dinner after a newspaper owned by his brother ran a scathing...http://www.newser.com/story/68141/vatican-snubs-berlusconi-over-cheeky-news-article.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 11:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65788/italy-oks-ru-486-vatican-threatens-excommunications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItaly has legalized the abortion drug RU-486, drawing the ire of the Vatican, which threatened to excommunicate doctors who prescribe the medication and women who take it. A church official said using the pill is "a sin in a moral and juridical sense," but a politician who is also a...http://www.newser.com/story/65788/italy-oks-ru-486-vatican-threatens-excommunications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:37:01 CDT