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Appointing bishops has been a sore point between Beijing and the Vatican, which do not maintain official diplomatic ties.

In a statement Wednesday, the Vatican said the ordination of Reverend Joseph Guo Jincai was done despite objections from Pope Benedict.

The Vatican has identified the woman as a Swiss and Italian citizen, 25, with a history of mental problems. She was arrested by the police.

President Lugo decided to abandon the church for a political career two years ago, much to the displeasure of the Vatican.

In October, an Italian court ruled against an appeal by the Vatican, which had been seeking the release of the frozen funds.

The Vatican had reviewed its security procedures after a woman lunged at him at the previous year's event, causing him to stumble.

At the Vatican, the Pope greeted pilgrims in an overcoat and said he hoped spring would come soon.

The Vatican is divided into departments that rarely communicate with one another, out of a centuries-old culture of secrecy and autonomy.

The Vatican claimed this was to cut costs to better serve their dioceses, but Aringarosasuspected it was more of a security measure.

Because the Vatican did not approve the two bishops' ordinations , the church spokesman said, the ceremonies were "illegitimate. "

That would not need Security Council approval and elevate the Palestinians' U. N. status to that of the Vatican.

The Vatican said it considered the case closed and added there was no point dredging up the "deplorable" comments in a legal battle.

But this time, he welcomed the president outside and took him for a stroll through the Vatican Gardens.

Two months ago, the Vatican instructed bishops that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.

The Vatican gave no reason for the Pope's refusal and said the bishops would be given different duties.

The plight of Christians in the Middle East was the subject of a two-week meeting of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in October.

Crowds are gathering at the Vatican in Rome, with up to a million expected for the inauguration Mass of Pope Francis.

In January this year, the Vatican also launched its YouTube channel, though so far, none of the videos posted there have gone viral yet.

As if we had not enough from one "Holiness" with direct line to the beyond in the Vatican!

Despite its weakening hold over the nations, the Vatican still stands as the greatest form of human leadership, after the Armageddon.

The museum expressed disappointment at the Vatican's objection, but said it was prepared to consider the Church's point.

This piece was closely protected by the Vatican and it was not allowed to be sung anywhere but inside the Sistine Chapel.

You see, the king of Saudi Arabia, also known as the Keeper of the Two Holy Mosques of Mecca and Medina, can visit the pope in the Vatican.

The Ecumenical Catholic Church which ordained the men had been at loggerheads with the Vatican over the issue of married priests.

I'd kick them all out of every country, then drop a bomb on the Vatican.

All this meant extra paperwork: complaints to the Vatican, petitions, investigations, and interrogations.

The firing of the head of the Vatican bank last week and the turmoil in the Vatican are more signs of the end of an era in Europe.

Despite its once supreme authority, humans have begun to put their faith in local leaders and nobles, taking authority from the Vatican.

She said it focused too narrowly on Irish Catholic leaders without scrutinizing the role of the Vatican.

Professor Langdon. Commander Richter has ordered me to escort you to the Vatican immediately.

Sex scandals are breaking over the Catholic church with such fury that the Vatican has felt bound to defend Pope Benedict XVI himself.

He said a key obstacle also includes the patriotic church, which would lose power under any detente with the Vatican.

The Vatican is the only country in Europe that has not established official diplomatic relations with China.

But he's also the guy who survived an anti-matter explosion at the Vatican and a Paris manhunt and uncovered the truth about the Holy Grail.

The Vatican needs to step up to the plate and admit that it condoned and facilitated such crimes against humanity.

Though rarely ahead of the communication curve, the Vatican is usually not far behind.

The woman is in the custody of the Vatican police , the ANSA news agency reported , adding that she apparently meant no harm .

The Vatican said that it had consulted with Sister Lucia before making its announcement today.

The Vatican is about to see its fourth cardinal murdered tonight.

But as big a worry for the Vatican as a hostile greeting from some quarters must be an indifferent one from mainstream Britain.

In a papal document to be published today, the Vatican will promise to adhere to European rules that are targeting money laundering.

Only a few original copies are known to exist, held by the Vatican's libraries and collectors in France and Japan.

But the Vatican's longing for a stronger UN goes back to 2003, when it was shocked by the world body's inability to stop the Iraq war.

The Catholicism being practised might, however, be considered by the Vatican to be of the wrong kind.

He likes watching football and claims the Catholic faith. Yet the Vatican is no fan of his science.

The Vatican's search for ulterior motives is in tune with Italian political culture, with its love of dietrologia (or "background-ology" ).

But there are always many interesting and beautiful objects to see at the Vatican Museums.

At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said he was deeply concerned about the crisis.

Except Malta, the only countries without provision for divorce are the Vatican and the Philippines.

The Vatican is the only country in the developed world that still maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan rather than China.

Mr. Bush began his day in Rome with a stop at the Vatican, and a meeting with Pope Benedict.

The following year the Vatican gave her permission to leave Loretto and she set up her first school in the slums of Calcutta.

The bus stop is also just a 10 minute walk from the Vatican Museums and a further 10 minutes from St. Peters.

Malaysia, where Christians make up 9 percent of the population, is one of the few countries without diplomatic ties with the Vatican.

It was a slip the Vatican could ill afford, amid a crisis that threatens the loyalty of many Catholics.

The Vatican today is defending Pope Benedict XVI against claims that he tried to hide abuses by the clergy in Germany.

As a matter of fact, the authoritative statements of the Vatican and the other communions never object to this subject.

Loans have come from the Vatican, as well as monasteries and museums in Europe and America.

The Duke of Florence, Duke of Tuscany, and a Cardinal of the Vatican, Francesco is a tall and intimidating man.

The Vatican covets inclusion on lists of jurisdictions deemed to be compliant with international money laundering norms.

The pope first learned of the secret a few days after he was elected in 1978, the Vatican said.

By mid-week, however, a swift response from the Vatican seemed to have contained, if not neutralised, the controversy.

Not far from St Peter's was the Vatican, the palace of the Pope in Rome.

This one was delayed for more than two years as the Vatican's thinkers struggled to keep abreast of developments in the world economy.

The bin Laden statement says the cartoons are part of a new crusade against Islam in which the Vatican has played a large and lengthy role.

But foreigners will always want to visit the Colosseum and the Vatican museums, or make a pilgrimage to Paris to see the Mona Lisa.

Cardinals and bishops shelter from the sun as Pope Benedict XVI leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 22.

As you enter the Vatican Museums, you pass through large sculptured doors.

The Vatican says the same woman planed a similar attack a year ago.

This specially of the Vatican and its embodied principles of ontology, so called "virtual Expo Mimamsa Classic. "

Still, discussion of the pope's health remains a touchy subject in the Vatican for a number of reasons.

The Vatican has decreed that any bishop who ordains a woman priest is automatically excommunicated.

A few weeks later, a couple of us from NBC were invited to fly to the Vatican to discuss our proposed plans for Holy Week.

But negotiations between the Vatican and China show little sign of an imminent breakthrough.

The Vatican is vowing to review its security procedures two days after a woman pulled Pope Benedict to the ground.

It's a really moving experience being able to walk where popes did to reach the castle from the Vatican.

The Vatican announced on Friday that the pontiff would have his own YouTube channel.

At the age of seven he received his first holy communion from the pope in the Vatican.

Despite the German origins of the current pope, many features of the Vatican still reflect the country where it is based.

Now the Vatican has decided to shed some new light on this often obscure period of late medieval history.

So let us examine the two main themes of the Vatican's edicts: homosexuality, it maintains, is both immoral and unnatural.

In 2009 the Vatican announced that the oldest known icon of the Apostle Paul had been found on the catacomb's ceiling.

China has long been keen to win it over, as long as the Vatican cedes some control over the appointment of Chinese bishops.

Protests by Jewish groups and the German government rattled the Vatican and imperilled a papal trip to Israel.

The Vatican is even struggling with finding a suitable spot to put the statue.

Golden age in more senses than one: Matthias assembled one of Europe's finest libraries, second in size only to the Vatican's.

It's one of several environmentally friendly projects that the Vatican is involved in.

Fatima fanatics have held hunger strikes - one even hijacked a plane - to try to force the Vatican to disclose the secret.

Ireland has long been the model of a loyal Catholic state, an ask-no-questions adherent to the Vatican's word.

She was immediately praised by the Vatican, her work and achievement likened to those of Mother Teresa.

Mr Obama, keen to reassert his pro-Israel credentials before next year's election, seems likely to oppose even the Vatican option.

Mince pies were once shaped like mangers and are thought to date back to the sweetmeats formerly presented to the Vatican on Christmas Eve.

It would be the same status, he says, currently conferred on the Vatican.

Outwitting the massive crowds that visit the Vatican, we tour the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica in a couple of hours.

The Vatican has already taken, following re ordination, several dozen rebel Anglican priests, some of them married.

A bishop adjusts Pope Benedict XVI's mantle during the weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

During an astrobiology meeting at the Vatican (of all places), he and a colleague, Eric Gaidos, realized that hydrogen would work.

The debate has flared up ahead of a conference on organ donation that will be held in the Vatican in November.

Even today, there was a similar reaction from the Vatican to Dr Edwards's award.

St. Peter's, the most magnificent church in Christendom and the fruit of many talents, soars triumphantly above the Vatican Hill.

This only means that the vatican will not help and support when it comes to hanky panky business with little boys.

White and yellow rolls of paper will appear in each pack, as they are the colors of the Vatican flag.

The Vatican has said it will accord President Ma normal diplomatic honors and there will be no restrictions to his presence.

The Vatican has clarified its position on a reporting of sex abuse cases involving members of the Roman Catholic clergy.

He also appealed for better stewardship of the environment during his installation mass at the Vatican.

The talks come ahead of a visit next month by the Vatican foreign secretary.

Over the centuries, the Vatican has tried, often grudgingly and always in vain, to correct its Galileo gaffe.

Crowds have begun gathering in St Peter's Square in the Vatican for the Pope's final general audience before his resignation on Thursday.

He believed Bishop Li wanted to gain support from Beijing and the Vatican for this "harmonious transition" of diocesan leadership.

The Vatican says tougher measures have been put in place to screen out seminarians that could become abusers.

Elsewhere in the Vatican are the Vatican Museums, Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel, and the Raphael rooms.

The Vatican was compelled, to establish an independent country, within the boundary of Italy.

Were it not for the Vatican, this pimple would be the world's smallest independent state.

Vatican City -- Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday.

According to this treaty, Italy recognized the independence of the Vatican. In return, Italy was given undisputed ownership of Rome.

In history, conflict between the Vatican and Christian off shoots are well documented.

The relationship between the Vatican and Rome's German occupiers was, Mr. Katz says, a Faustian pact.

And he disappears into the crowd headed toward the Vatican.

For its critics in the Vatican, it is a matter of "deep concern" . For its proponents, it is "evidence of great courage" .

The Vatican is a sick, twisted criminal organization involved in the sexual exploitation and molestation of children.

Buses which leave from near the hotel will take you across town to the Vatican in just 15 minutes.

"The Vatican" centralized Vatican to clarify, I, Magic three different non-specific principles of philosophy.

The Vatican has sought to parry Muslim ire by maintaining a dialogue with Islam and by keeping a distance from American foreign policy.

The Vatican has also urged support for the declaration, which essentially backs an anti-abortion position.

he was claimed locally as a saint before the practice of canonisation was introduced by the Vatican.

Rock saw himself as the man capable of changing the Vatican's stance on the Pill.

The Vatican is a powerful actor in world affairs, one that can affect the likelihood of a "clash of civilisations" .

The Vatican said in a statement that Pope Benedict had "listened to their stories and offered them consolation. "

Includes work with the Vatican Library, Institute for Scientific Information, and the Los Angeles Public Library.

How are the Vatican Bank's finances and the Catholic Church's finances different from Vatican City's finances?

The United States, Germany and Italy give the biggest contributions every year, according to the Vatican.

Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said.

The paparazzi pounced almost immediately, and the Vatican released a statement condemning their adultery.

The Vatican, to avoid being shut out of China altogether, accepts worship in the government-backed church as legitimate.

Before the Vatican weighed in, Mr. Benetton said he didn't expect complaints because the ads promote a message of peace.

Catholic ones are kept under closer scrutiny, reflecting China's tense relationship with the Vatican.

A committee, which Stoxx says includes representatives of the Vatican, screens shares, which are drawn from the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.

The world's smallest country is the Vatican City, with just half a square kilometer. It is located in the center of the city of Rome, Italy.

The Vatican has to face the fact that all religious beliefs are free in China, as long as they do not run counter to the country's laws.

Most scholars inference, "the Vatican by the" in AD 200 to 400 years of written.

There is help to be had from a bold statement on our financial situation emerging last week from the Vatican.

Galileo was condemned by the church, and it took more than three centuries for the Vatican to express regret at its error.

After the sermon, Benedict was to host a Christmas lunch in the Vatican's audience hall for 350 homeless people.

The huge crowd in Saint Peter's square cheered as the bands played the Vatican and Italian anthems.

Time can appear to move slowly at the Vatican, where religious orthodoxy rests on solid pillars.

Chinese state media report China and the Vatican have discussed normalizing diplomatic relations.

The Vatican announced in January that John Paul II, who died in 2005, would be beatified later this year.

The Vatican took a similar, albeit slightly lower-key, stance at a follow-up conference in 1999.

It is however interesting that the Vatican recently acknowledged our presence, and not in any way as a threat to them or their followers.

Yet visitors to the Vatican "foreign ministry" are amazed by the knowledge they find.

Stan Munro used more than 170 litres of glue as he worked full time on buildings such as the Big Ben, Tower Bridge and The Vatican.

Mr Filipov said that even the seat of the Catholic church, the Vatican, had agreed that aliens existed.

The papal conclave will start Tuesday afternoon following morning mass at the Vatican.

At first the Vatican reacted coolly, but Pope Benedict XVI eventually agreed to receive some of the signatories.

The Vatican does not, however, permit married bishops.

Is also the center of the Catholic world - to the location of the Vatican, led by the Pope.

The Vatican (and other rightwing religious sex-phobic wingnuts), however, continues to "believe" their fantasy.

In addition, the Vatican still maintains diplomatic ties with Taiwan, and Beijing remains skittish at the idea of ceding authority to Rome.

"The Vatican" is the philosophy of Upanishads inheritance and development.

at the Vatican City, they even manage to enter the personal apartment of the Pope and have a look at his robes!

There are two targets: The famous tenor, and Richard Delahunt, the American Ambassador to the Vatican.

It's an old, sour, petrified world, the Vatican world.

The Vatican's 24-page rebuttal came after the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny denounced the Church in July for its handling of such cases.

In Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons, " a secret society tries to destroy the Vatican using an antimatter bomb.

Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, the Kremlin has announced.

In addition, the Vatican is still a major international financial trust.

Gays, the Vatican believes, bring their misfortunes upon themselves.

His planned trip to the Vatican comes two months after Pope Benedict XVI visited Washington.

The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory.

At the Vatican Pope Benedict spoke about the world's children during the traditional midnight mass.

Joseph: World leaders have also been sending messages of condolence to the Vatican.

For two people in a marriage to live together, day after day, is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.

He produced them for the opening celebration of the new entrance to the Vatican Museums in 2000.

China installs a new bishop of Beijing, the first in over 50 years to have tacit prior approval from the Vatican.

The Vatican in Rome accused the competition's organizers of ignoring Christian monuments, none of which was featured among the 20 finalists.

China forced its Roman Catholics to cut ties with the Vatican in 1951, shortly after the officially atheist Communist Party took power.

Although the Vatican remains officially opposed to use of contraceptives, Camp said her institute had detected a shift in approach.

But the Vatican as portrayed in Noyes' cable is already a model of balkanization and inefficiency.

This sermon had been lost, but was rediscovered in the Vatican Archives and translated by Mark Guscin in 2004.

According to this treaty, Italy recognized the independence of the Vatican.

In Africa, as elsewhere, many Catholics simply ignore the Vatican's view on condoms anyway.

The Vatican might become open to the possibility of married priests, or female ones.

While the practice is rare, the Vatican is now sponsoring an exorcism class for priests.

Sometimes it is compounded by religious beliefs, but we must mention that the Vatican has officially and publicly recognised us.

Beijing severed ties with the Vatican in 1951. The Vatican maintains official relations with Taiwan.

A valid press card issued by the Italian government, the Vatican, or a United Nations Agency will be required.

Professor Langdon, the Vatican insists that I have to take you back immediately.

The campaign got a quick reaction from the Vatican.

but what the Vatican terms "petty gossip" has in fact caused a serious crisis of credibility to the Roman Catholic Church.

"Pope gets to live in the Vatican, see Michelangelo all the time, " I say.

It, too, was stolen. It could be anywhere inside the Vatican wall.

The Bishop turned the envelope over to the Vatican.

One complete copy of Against Celsus survives, at the Vatican.

"The columns will be soon restored to their original color and brilliance, " wrote the Vatican daily.

'No! ' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God. '

The Vatican Museums also exhibit objects from an ancient land called Etruria.

We enter the official private church of the popes, called the Sistine Chapel. It is the most famous part of the Vatican Museums.

And as the Vatican's chief exorcist, it's his job to expel the devil when someone is possessed.

The Vatican's ambassador threatened to boycott the observance because of a photograph in Yad Vashem's Holocaust Museum.

The Pope in the Vatican would never AGREE to this, but nothing can be done about it.

There is a larger Catholic underground church, supported by the Vatican.

Bishops in the modern Roman Catholic Church are not elected by the people, they're appointed by the Vatican.

One of Raphael's famous projects was The School of Athens, which was painted in the Vatican for the Pope.

China and the Vatican have recently been working to improve ties. Diplomatic relations were broken in 1951.

The Vatican later attempted to "clarify" the remarks.

The customers are everywhere from Berkeley to Alaska and the Vatican.

Naturally, the Vatican wants to keep the knowledge under wraps.

Now BYU scholars are working to record and study the Vatican library.

So how is the Vatican Bank's finances different from the Catholic Church's?

The comments were made in a new book, which the Vatican newspaper ran excerpts of in its Saturday edition.

The scandal has also brought a wave of unwelcome attention to the Vatican bank's American-born president, Archbishop Paul Marcinkus.

"Hmm . . . that's either the Vatican or a piece of sweet corn. "

The area of the Vatican City---about 109 acres---- makes it the smallest independent state in the world.

But might the Vatican one day switch its affiliation to Beijing, as so many states have?

They also sang for Pope John Paul II in St Peter's Square and in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

It took 90 minutes to get from the hotel by bus to the Vatican museum.

"We still have to propose this to the Vatican, " Moscati said.

The Vatican houses the gigantic St Peter's Basilica - the biggest church in the world.

JOHN PAUL II's beatification on May 1st will be the most exalted ceremony at the Vatican since his funeral six years ago.

Says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.

For powerful ones, it offers a way to influence the Vatican and seek papal approval.

1993 - Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

But say to the Vatican, is a face of admiration.

At the Vatican Pope Benedict tells an outdoor mass in St.

But Poland's expansion East, supported by the Allies and the Vatican, didn't end there.

Monsignor Hugh OFlaherty, an Irish priest, was assigned to the Vatican under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.

"Men and women sin in different ways, " he wrote in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.

It is like looking at the Vatican site to find out all about Islam.

Hull are the Vatican City and the guys in charge thinks they are God.

The secret archives of the Vatican.

The Vatican has been harshly criticized for its position.

Faced with numbers like that, what hope do the Vatican and its ilk really have?

The Vatican said it wanted the caption removed.

Beijing and the Vatican severed diplomatic ties in 1951, but efforts are reportedly under way to reconcile their differences.

This is pure Protestantism and fundamentally unacceptable to the Vatican.

It is almost impossible to visit all the Vatican collections in one day.

Various sects preach according to their own opinions, comments, "the Vatican by the" contending with each other.

"The Vatican" by 555 aphoristic composition of short texts.

The real extent of the Vatican's power is hard to compute.

We're going to go to see the Vatican and we hope to see the Pope.

The Vatican is the umbrella organisation that is in control of everything.

That's different. The Vatican isn't part of Rome. They have a different word over there. Their word is POWER.

The priest held a senior post at the Vatican.

The Vatican has been locked in a bitter struggle with Beijing over control of the church in China.

Pope Pius XII was crowned at the Vatican.

There are psychological and sociological reasons why the Vatican has been slow to accept these hard realities.

There are places in the Vatican Archives where human beings cannot walk.

I need access to the Vatican archives.

I just see good people in the Vatican. People of prayer, holy people, I don't see any evil.

Outside the Vatican, the sex-abuse scandal still defines the church's image. And it looks horrible enough.