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• Panel won't rule on ‘miracles’ at Lourdes
The Lourdes committee is independent of the Vatican's miracle-vetting outfit, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, which investigates reports of miraculous cures as part of the church's saint-making process. "Our congregation doesn't deny what ...
• First beatification ceremony held in Cuba
Jose Saraiva, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican's saint-making office, traveled to Cuba from Rome for the ceremony. "In the face of a materialist culture that we see imposing itself everywhere and that pushes ...
• Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter
In the upcoming film "Angels and Demons," based on the best-selling Dan Brown book, a gram of stolen antimatter, or about 10 with 26 zeros after it, threatens to blow up the Vatican. Right now the physicists can only produce about 10 with nine zeros ...
• Need a luxury gift? Try a $100,000 book
... stage curtains at The Metropolitan Opera and Milan's Teatro Alla Scala. The book is filled with photographs of Michelangelo's drawings and sculptures. The text is by Michelangelo biographer Giorgio Vasari, with essays by the director of the Vatican ...
• Vatican forgives John Lennon for Jesus quip
Jews pray at the Mount of Olives, matzoh is baked in Brooklyn, and thousands of rabbis pose for a group photo. VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ ...