| December 13, 2012 | - The Vatican said that homosexuality, currently punishable by law in 85 countries, should not be a crime.
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China National News
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| July 5, 2008 | - A fake priest was caught trying to take confessions in St. Peter's Basilica.
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CNN.com
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| May 13, 2008 | - The Vatican's chief astronomer said that it's not a contradiction of faith to believe in aliens and that we may have intelligent, God-created “extraterrestrial brothers.”
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BBCnews.com
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| April 20, 2007 | - The Vatican revised its teachings on limbo, raising hopes that the souls of unbaptized dead babies could be saved.
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Catholic News Service
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| November 11, 2006 | - Despite the objections of the Vatican, a gay rights rally was held in Jerusalem under the guard of nearly 3,000 police. Rabbi Yehuda Levin flew from Brooklyn to denounce the rally. “They are not,” said Levin, “being tolerant of our feelings.”
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The New York Times
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| July 12, 2006 | - The Vatican announced that, while it paid $9 million for the funeral of Pope John Paul II, it still made a $12.4 million profit in 2005.
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BBC News
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| May 1, 2006 | - A Vatican official called on Catholics to boycott the "Da Vinci Code" movie.
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Catholic News Service
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| April 24, 2006 | - It was reported that the Vatican might permit people with AIDS to use condoms, if they are married, although abstinence would still be preferred.
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BBC News
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| January 9, 2005 | -
Satanists were upset to learn that the Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican university, was going to offer courses in Satanism and exorcism. The church, said a prominent Satanist, “has the blood of countless millions on its bejeweled fingers.”
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Telegraph.co.uk
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| July 31, 2004 | - The Vatican criticized feminists for trying to ignore the differences between men and women and said that a woman "is not a copy of a man."
| Source:
Associated Press
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| June 16, 2004 | - The Vatican announced that the Inquisition wasn't really all that bad.
| Source:
Associated Press
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| May 15, 2004 | - The Vatican warned Roman Catholic women not to marry Muslims.
| Source:
Telegraph
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| December 30, 2003 | - Gunmen killed Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney, the papal nuncio in Burundi.
| Source:
New York Times
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| December 6, 2003 | - A 200-line fragment by Menander was discovered in the Vatican Library.
| Source:
Agence France-Presse
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