Italian director Zeffirelli to help pope with image: report
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Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli has agreed to become an image consultant to Pope Benedict XVI, the director said in an interview published Saturday.
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A senior official in China's state-sanctioned Catholic Church said in comments published Tuesday that he would like Pope Benedict XVI to visit China.
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker  who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido  Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary  knighthood from Britain Wednesday.  The 81-year-old opera lover and director of films "Romeo and  Juliet," "La Traviata" and "The Taming of the Shrew" will be  honored at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Rome.
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A movie about a difficult relationship between a young father and his handicapped son by director Gianni Amelio has been selected as Italy's candidate for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards.
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The internal U.N. watchdog will look into allegations that a U.N. office steered millions of dollars in contributions from the Italian government to projects benefiting Italian nationals and interests, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who faces almost certain defeat if the opposition-controlled Senate holds a vote of confidence in his government, will meet President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday before deciding whether to resign instead, media reports said.
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Pope Benedict told U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday the Vatican would like a "regional and negotiated" solution conflicts in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq.
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Pope Benedict told U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday that the Vatican would like a "regional and negotiated" solution to Middle East conflicts, as anti-U.S. protesters converged on Rome.
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Roman Catholic officials urged the faithful to fill St. Peter's Square on Sunday to show support for the hospitalized pope.
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope John Paul II warned in a statement released Sunday that humanity&#39;s speedy progress in science and technology risks overlooking moral values, citing with particular concern experiments in human cloning.
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Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years is likely to be the top attraction at the Rome film festival next month.
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A high-resolution image of Da Vinci's  "Last Supper" will soon be posted on the Internet by an Italian  technology firm, allowing art lovers and conspiracy theorists  alike to scrutinize it from their own computers.
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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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Actor Robert De Niro and the growing   Tribeca Film Festival he founded gave support on Thursday to   Rome's new international film competition ahead of its debut in   mid-October.
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Pope Benedict XVI is to meet world religious leaders who are holding a peace summit in Naples.
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VATICAN CITY Oct. 3, 2004 - Pope John Paul II on Sunday honored two figures linked to controversy, beatifying a German mystic whose violent visions of Christ&#39;s suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson&#39;s &quot;The