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Vatican

July 5, 2008A fake priest was caught trying to take confessions in St. Peter's Basilica.
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CNN.com

May 13, 2008The 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

April 20, 2007The 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

November 11, 2006Despite 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

July 12, 2006The 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

May 1, 2006A Vatican official called on Catholics to boycott the "Da Vinci Code" movie.
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Catholic News Service

April 24, 2006It 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

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

July 31, 2004The 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."
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Associated Press

June 16, 2004The Vatican announced that the Inquisition wasn't really all that bad.
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Associated Press

May 15, 2004The Vatican warned Roman Catholic women not to marry Muslims.
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Telegraph

December 30, 2003Gunmen killed Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney, the papal nuncio in Burundi.
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New York Times

December 6, 2003A 200-line fragment by Menander was discovered in the Vatican Library.
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Agence France-Presse

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