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Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.

Fake priest caught in confessional

Confessionalblog385x185_2 Bess writes: A bizarre case of identity fraud has surfaced in the Vatican: the Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, reports that a fake priest was caught in St Peter’s Basilica attempting to enter the confessional box. The 30-year-old man was subsequently sentenced in a special Vatican court. And, according to this morning's papers, the sentencing judge discovered he was a serial offender. Gianluigi Marrone, one a handful of judges employed at the court, explained: "He had priest's robes on but to the expert eye of our security staff he raised suspicions, He was acting strangely and so he was stopped and checked. He had an identity card which said he was a priest but a quick check established it was bogus.

Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica,

Fake priest caught out

Vatican - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.

Phoney priest stopped from taking Vatican confessions

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Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.

Cat-loving Pope Benedict urged to stop wearing fur

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.

How to Teach Science to the Pope

The Vatican keeps close tabs on the latest science—and integrates new research into its modern theology.

There's a Pill for this

Forty years after the Vatican upheld the ban on birth control, the U.S.-based Catholics for Choice, which has affiliates around the world, is urging Catholics to press their bishops to help end the prohibition.

New Tribeca Tower to Include Kapoor Sculpture

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Women in the choir? A Canadian bucks tradition to please the Pope

ROME -- The Baroque sacristy of St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican's church, is alive with movement. Vespers, the traditional evening prayer service, is about to begin in the apse behind the papal altar and no one seems quite ready.

Pirates of the Colosseum? Rome plans theme park

ROME (Reuters) - With the ruins of ancient Rome, the splendor of Vatican City and countless Renaissance art treasures, what does Italy's capital lack to attract tourists?

Knights Templar Sues the Pope

pdragon04 writes "According to The Register, "the Knights Templar are demanding that the Vatican give them back their good name and, possibly, billions in assets into the bargain, 700 years after the order was brutally suppressed by a joint venture between the Pope and the King of France..."." I wonder what a holy grail goes for with 700 years of compound interest.

Museum vs. Pope Over Crucified Frog

An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as blasphemous.

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