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The Vatican has condemned the Swiss ban on the construction of Islamic minarets as a 'blow to freedom of religion'. Published: 11:57AM GMT 30 Nov 2009 Muslim groups in Switzerland and abroad have condemned the vote as anti-Islamic.

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The Vatican has expressed alarm over the "immoral" trend for churches to be converted into bars and nightclubs. By Nick Squires in Rome Published: 6:00PM GMT 27 Nov 2009 The head of the culture department, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravisi,...

In this article: Vatican, Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Dominican Church, Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, and Cyprus

...channels." However, Bishop Walsh told Bloomberg he was disappointed and surprised by the Vatican's attitude. He said that the Vatican should have shown "courtesy and cooperation" and added, "If it were me, I would apologise." He...

In this article: Vatican, Dublin, Catholic Church, Ireland, Allegation, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Sean Brady

...and Lesley-Anne Henry Friday, 27 November 2009 Victims campaigners have reacted with anger and disbelief after it emerged the Vatican and papal nuncio in Ireland ignored repeated requests from investigators for information on...

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...formal requests for information. The inquiry asked for details of reports on abuse sent to the Vatican by the Dublin archdiocese in 2006. The Vatican did not reply but told the Irish Foreign Affairs department the request "had not...

In this article: Vatican, Dublin, Catholic Church, Ireland, Allegation, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Sean Brady

...a commission's report said. The commission asked for information on reports of abuse sent to the Vatican by the Dublin archdiocese in 2006. The Vatican did not reply but told the Irish Foreign Affairs department the commission "had not...

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...government of Silvio Berlusconi has blocked availability in Italy of the RU486 abortion pill, which is vehemently opposed by the Vatican and the Catholic Church. RU486, or mifepristone, has been approved by AIFA, the Italian...

In this article: Mifepristone, Vatican, Catholic Church, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, Progesterone, Italy of Values, and Hormone

...such as the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and even the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Vatican sees itself as holding all the great works of art it has in trust for humanity -- it doesn't consider itself to have the authority to...

In this article: The Vatican, The Catholic Church, Salvation Army, Harvard University, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Vatican's Sistine Chapel is the venue for a gathering of top artists Pope Benedict has invited international artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, film directors and even a solitary Italian prima ballerina to meet him under the...

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...said on Thursday. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, whose own church is split over female priests and bishops, said the Vatican's ban on ordaining women was not as solidly grounded theologically as the core Christian doctrines...

In this article: Anglicans, Rowan Williams, Vatican, Catholic Church, Church of England, Rome, Pope Benedict, Archbishop of Canterbury, Episcopal Church in the United States, and Walter Kasper