Fresco fragment revives Papal scandal
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A painting on display in Rome revives the scandal of Pope Alexander VI and his youthful mistress, Giulia Farnese.
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The Pope, looking tired and speaking with difficulty, yesterday ploughed into fresh controversy by announcing two startling beatifications.
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The relics of two early Christian saints have been returned to the seat of the Orthodox Church. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew escorted the relics of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Gregory Nazianzen
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VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul is returning centuries-old relics of two Orthodox Christian saints in an effort to bridge the divide between the two churches.
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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VATICAN CITY, NOV. 28, 2004 .- John Paul II returned the relics of Sts. Gregory Nazianzen and John Chrysostom to the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, hoping the gesture would serve to &quot;reinforce our path of reconciliation.
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ROME  - The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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Police have recovered a revered religious icon that was stolen from a monastery in southern Greece, after an intense five-week investigation, authorities said Saturday.
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A statistical analysis of brush strokes done with a computer program suggests that the Italian Renaissance painter Perugino had help with his "Madonna With Child."
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Pope John Paul II yesterday returned two relics taken during the Crusades, who plundered Istanbul (then Constantinople) in 1204, to Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomeos as a gesture of friendship with the Orthodox Church.
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La Svizzera ancora scossa da scandali relativi a religiosi
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A white marble sarcophagus believed to be the final resting place of St. Paul has been unearthed from beneath the altar of Rome's second-largest basilica after centuries hidden from view, but those curious about its contents will have to wait still longer.
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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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The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized Friday that Pope John Paul II is not welcome in Russia, reiterating that an icon the pontiff once hoped to return personally in a conciliatory gesture is a copy of a revered 16th-century work.
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Just because the icon Pope John Paul II sent to the Russian Orthodox Church is an 18th-century copy does not mean it is a fake. &quot;In the West, people think of a &#39;real&#39; original
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MOSCOW A Russian icon is back home after hanging for years in Pope John Paul&#39;s private chapel. The Vatican is returning the 18th century replica of the Mother of God of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
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The heart of a revered 19th century Argentine friar and patriot was stolen from an urn in the Franciscan monastery where it was kept for years as a religious relic, a church official said.