The St. Paul Discovery: Body or Soul?
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The Vatican says it has found the long missing sarcophagus of the first century saint, but that shouldn't be taken as gospel - at least not yet
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Subhed: Q&amp;A: A new book on 'The Gospel of Judas' reveals sharp divisions among early Christians on issue of death as a validation of faith. TIME's David Van Biema discussed the issue with author Elaine Pagels
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In an astonishing discovery that could rewrite the history of human evolution, scientists say they have found the skeleton of a new human species, a dwarf, marooned for eons in a tropical
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(Vatican City-AP) Nov. 27, 2004 - Pope John Paul has handed over centuries-old relics of two Orthodox saints to the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians.
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What is being lost as technology kills off the Renaissance man? Our souls, perhaps? Commentary by Tony Long.
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II on Sunday honored two figures linked to controversy, beatifying a German mystic whose violent visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" and an Austrian emperor whose troops used poison gas.    Beatification is the last formal step in the Catholic Church before the possible conferring of sainthood, and John Paul has now beatified a record 1,338 faithful in his quest to give believers new models of sanctity...
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JERUSALEM -- Archeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said yesterday -- underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows. Scientists from Maastricht University in the Netherlands found that burning candles and incense in church can release
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Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine.
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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Vatican archaeologists have unearthed a sarcophagus believed to contain the remains of the Apostle Paul that had been buried beneath Rome's second largest basilica.
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Scientists have found what they say is the strongest evidence yet linking the first European explorers of the New World to the origin of sexually transmitted syphilis.
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Hailed by some scientists as a breakthrough, a new coating material used on a church in Rome has been found to ÂeatÂ surrounding smog.
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Recent observations have uncovered evidence that helps to confirm the identification of the remains of one of the earliest stellar explosions recorded by humans. The new study shows that the supernova remnant RCW 86 is much younger than previously thought.
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ITALY ROME -- The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians arrived in the Italian capital last night, ahead of a Vatican ceremony for the return of two saints' relics that were taken to Rome centuries ago. Pope John Paul II will give the relics of Patriarchs John Chrysostom and Gregory Nazianzen to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at a ceremony ...
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Two pieces of Christian art that predate the Holocaust raise questions about anti-Semitism.