Tag: Vatican

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 04:38 UTC

  Vatican says it is complying with anti money laundering recommendations

  

  The Vatican on Friday sought to explain its presence for the first time on a US list of countries that are a potential hub for money laundering, saying it was only natural to be included given its recent efforts to conform to international standards.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 20:51 UTC

  What about “Life is short, have an affair” to sponsor a basketball team

  

  Virtus Roma basketball team is in talks for a sponsorship deal with a website that helps unfaithful married people have an affair. Founder and president of www.ashleymadison.com Noel Biderman has been in talks with Roma president Claudio Toti for two days, something that has brought criticism from the Vatican.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Vatican says killing of Bin Laden calls for reflection before God and not rejoicing

  

  The Vatican said the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, a man who sowed division and hatred and who caused “innumerable” deaths, should prompt serious reflection about one's responsibility before God, not rejoicing.

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  “Blessed” John Paul II, a step closer to sainthood; 1.5 million attend ceremony

  

  The late Pope John Paul II was moved a major step closer to sainthood at a ceremony that drew about a million and a half people to Rome and was celebrated by Catholics around the world.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2011 - 01:45 UTC

  Catholic Church admits values of Liberation theology, “free of ideological influences”

  

  The values of the Liberation Theology remain valid but the task of decoupling the option for the poor from ideological influences remains incomplete, said Brazilian Archbishop Joao Braz de Aviz of Brasilia, head of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 04:46 UTC

  Vatican confirms relations with Cuba are “cordial and on a healthy course”

  

  Vatican Foreign minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti concluded an official and pastoral visit to Cuba Sunday saying relations between the Catholic Church and the Cuban governments are on a healthy course, reports the Catholic News Service.