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Pope Francis has bestowed blessings on thousands of Harley-Davidson riders on the bike manufacturer's 110th anniversary on June 16.
Bikers gathered at the Vatican and the Pope stopped to bless the roaring engines and their owners as he recited "Our Father."
As seen in the clip above, St. Peter's Square wa... |
17 June 2013
05:41 GMT |
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On the day the now-retired Pope Benedict XVI was born, Sister Teresita Barajuen entered the monastery aged 19. She spent 86 years as a nun and is believed to have held the record for longest cloistered nun. She died overnight at a Madrid monastery, aged 105, The Belfast Telegraph reports. “Sister Maria Rome... |
13 June 2013
03:17 GMT |
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In a televised sermon in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday, June 5, Pope Francis has spoken out on the issue of waste.
He mentions that wasting food is like taking it directly from the hands of those who need it and cannot afford it.
According to the Telegraph, his plea for less waste comes on the United Natio... |
6 June 2013
03:43 GMT |
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An expert in exorcism is claiming that Pope Francis has performed one on a boy bound to a wheelchair.
On Sunday, May 19, the Pope was in St Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy. After mass, he stopped to pray for those suffering from illnesses, one of whom was the boy he allegedly exorcized.
He placed his hand on hi... |
22 May 2013
02:55 GMT |
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A phone call made by Pope Francis to Adolfo Nicolas, the superior at his old Jesuit order has been met with disbelief by a confused receptionist with a sense of humor. Posted above is an interview with Andrea, the receptionist who has had the honor of speaking to the pope and has almost dismissed him. Daily Mail wr... |
20 March 2013
09:37 GMT |
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I have seen several reports about bogus CNN emails currently being used to spread malware. In each case, the story from the malicious emails is related to the newly-elected Pope Francis.
The emails identified by Spyware Sucks are entitled “Opinion: New pope tries to shake off the past – CNN.com.” T... |
19 March 2013
08:50 GMT |
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Any big event leads to a huge surge in domain name registration. Electing a new pope, especially the extraordinary circumstances Pope Francis was chosen in, certainly qualifies as a big event.
On cue, plenty of domain names linked to the new pope were registered, some shortly before the announcement was made, just ... |
18 March 2013
14:41 GMT |
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In yet another incident that shows us how the newly elected Pope is just one of us, Pope Francis stumbles as he greets the Cardinals at the Vatican.
According to UPI, the incident took place during an audience held on Friday, March 15. The pope's shoe gets caught in his white robe, but he recovers and keeps a s... |
16 March 2013
04:57 GMT |
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Since Pope Francis' election just two days ago, hundreds of domains including the pope's name have popped up. Listed on eBay is just one of those domain names, on sale for the ungodly amount of $39,999 (€30,600), which I guess the seller thinks would be just pennies for the Catholic Church, if they de... |
15 March 2013
11:19 GMT |
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76-year-old Amalia Damonte speaks in an interview with a local Argentinian TV station about her relationship with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, currently pope Francis.
When the pair were neighbors in Flores, Buenos Aires, a 12-13 years old had a crush on Damonte. She felt the same way, but it was over when he sent her a le... |
15 March 2013
09:51 GMT |
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Reddit proves to be a source of amusement once again, as one user posts a video of a student pranking a classmate on live television.
With 23,853 up votes and over 50,000 YouTube views, the star of this video posted by user freenarth must be every student's hero by now.
During an interview at his school, the ... |
15 March 2013
06:29 GMT |
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Newly elected pope Francis is already proving a modest representative of the church that aims to be close to the people, by picking up his bags at the hotel he was staying at and actually paying his own bill.
After the honor of ruling over 1.2 billion Roman Catholics is bestowed upon us, not many of us would swing b... |
15 March 2013
05:48 GMT |
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Former vice-president during the time of Hugo Chavez and acting Venezuelan interim president Nicolas Maduro claims Chavez had his hand in electing a South American Pope.
As I previously reported, the new pope Francis I is Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first non-European pope in exactly 1272 years, ... |
14 March 2013
11:21 GMT |
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An image in the sky left Florida residents breathless after the appointment of Sao Paolo, Argentina Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pontiff.
As I detailed before, the new leader of the Catholic world, Pope Francis I was chosen by the College of Cardinals after a two-day Conclave.
It was only a few hours after he... |
14 March 2013
10:25 GMT |
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected Pope last night and taking on the holy name of Francis, spoke out against the LGBT community and their way of life in the past.
According to the Huffington Post, less than three years ago he described gay marriage as a “disruptive attack on God's plan,” even g... |
14 March 2013
06:38 GMT |
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The new pope hasn't gotten around to doing much in the few hours since elected, he'll be having a few very busy days ahead, it's safe to assume. But he had time to notify his followers, his Twitter followers that is, that, well, he has been elected.
Granted, it probably wasn't the new pope that m... |
14 March 2013
06:32 GMT |
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A few hours ago, the world learned that the Roman Catholic Church had a new leader. Shortly after it was announced that Jorge Mario Bergoglio, or Pope Francis I, had been elected, posts published on a fake Twitter account were quickly picked up. The @JMBergoglio account has been suspended, but when it was online, it... |
14 March 2013
06:24 GMT |
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In an interview from yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the issue of the nationality of the pope, as some believe having an American pope could create a conflict of interest. The interview by ABC, a full transcript of which can be read here, begins with the interviewer asking the president if he be... |
14 March 2013
05:13 GMT |
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As Time magazine puts it, Pope Francis I is a pioneer in more regards than one: his having just one lung is one of them.
According to the publication, the newly elected Pope, who also happens to be the first Pope from South America, has only one lung because he had the other removed when he was a teen.
“It w... |
14 March 2013
02:16 GMT |
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Black smoke can be seen coming out of the Sistine Chapel chimney once again on Wednesday, March 13, as the College of Cardinals continues deliberations on who the new pope will be.
As shown above, the smoke was first seen last night after a first session of the Conclave. According to Bay News 9, two cardinals now le... |
13 March 2013
09:37 GMT |
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As the Vatican College of Cardinals holds elections for the new pope, the faithful will get the first sign of the election being completed by watching smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.
As I mentioned last week, an iron stove cast in 1938 will be used to burn the ballots after the vote is complet... |
12 March 2013
10:30 GMT |
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Someone posted a hilarious job ad on LinkedIn, looking to hire the next pope. As I wrote before, the College of Cardinals is getting ready to choose the next pontiff.
One prankster decided to test how much people know about this election process. The ad presents a lucky applicant with the possibility of getting a jo... |
12 March 2013
05:58 GMT |
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The doors of the Sistine Chapel have closed down to tourists just now, a sign that the College of Cardinals is making preparations for the election of the next pope. The Daily Mail detailed that the last time this happened was in 2005, when a false floor was installed to prevent surveillance through the use of liste... |
5 March 2013
09:48 GMT |
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A priest in a small village in Italy has protested against Pope Benedict XVI's resignation by burning his picture during Sunday mass. 67-year-old Don Andrea Maggi has been a pastor in Castel Vittorio, Lecco province for five years, New York Daily News writes, quoting Italian publication Corriere della Sera. &l... |
5 March 2013
04:31 GMT |
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An impostor has tried to infiltrate a Cardinals' meeting at the Vatican, managing to bypass several checkpoints before being spotted by Swiss guards.
The man introduced himself as “Basilius,” a bishop of the Corpus Dei order, part of the Italian Orthodox Church. The order and the branch of the churc... |
5 March 2013
03:48 GMT |
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Now that the Pope has resigned, he has taken his tweets with him. He had only been active on Twitter for a few months, but all of his tweets have now been removed, shortly after he made his last one.
The official account of the Pope is still there, though the name has been changed to Sede Vacante, Italian and Latin ... |
1 March 2013
09:51 GMT |
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Thousands have gathered to hear the last public address of Pope Benedict XVI, before he renounces the papacy.
According to the Huffington Post, the pope held his last public audience today, February 27, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, at 10:30 a.m. local time. He will be resigning from papal office tomorr... |
27 February 2013
07:21 GMT |
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The controversial resignation of Pope Benedict XVI we spoke about last week, explained by the Pontiff's developing health issues, may have been prompted by a report on blackmail and a secret gay faction of the Vatican.
According to Atlantic Wire quoting Italian publication La Repubblica, the secret 300-page re... |
23 February 2013
04:52 GMT |
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It's had a good run, but it's almost over, the Pope's Twitter account is going down along with the Pope himself. Apparently, the account will be shut down after Pope Benedict XVI leaves office next week.
The Pope has announced he will resign his role, something that hasn't happened in a few hundr... |
22 February 2013
14:51 GMT |
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Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world when he announced he was resigning because of health and age considerations, with Vatican spokespeople insisting not even they knew about it until he went public with the announcement. As it turns out, the decision to resign was neither a secret nor recent, the AP writes in a leng... |
15 February 2013
08:18 GMT |
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Today, Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation. Shortly after the announcement, spammers started flooding Twitter with bogus messages containing the #Pope hashtag in an effort to lure users to certain websites.
According to Sophos experts, most of the spam tweets advertise adult services.
Here are some... |
11 February 2013
10:10 GMT |
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In an almost unprecedented move, Pope Benedict XVI has resigned. Word of this emerged online hours ago, with confirmation coming now straight from the Vatican Radio, which has the Pope’s letter.
In it, the Pontiff explains that age and health prevent him from doing his work, especially in a context in which c... |
11 February 2013
06:27 GMT |
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I've come across a video of the Pope and a dove today, and decided to share it because something awful and somehow very ironical happened on this year's Holocaust Day.
Pope Benedict XVI marked the event with a heartwarming speech, from the balcony of the Vatican. The seemingly peaceful moment ended with hi... |
28 January 2013
08:21 GMT |
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The Pope has only been using Twitter for only a month or so, but he's already one of the most popular users on the site, even if he's only made 26 tweets.
It didn't take long for him to become a full convert though, he's now preaching the word of Twitter to anyone who'll listen.
Or rather,... |
25 January 2013
08:23 GMT |
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Even as the rest of the world is moving to support gay marriage, including religious and political leaders, Pope Benedict XVI is holding his ground, as his World Day of Peace 2013 annual address can surely confirm.
Over the weekend, the Pope held his annual address and, as The Examiner reports, it also touched on t... |
16 December 2012
23:52 GMT |
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The Pope has started tweeting and he's quite chatty, he's already posted three tweets. That was actually expected as all of this was planned ahead.
Still, since he started his Twitter career a few hours ago, he's gotten 100,000 new followers, he's up to 760,000 now. His first tweet also got 32,0... |
12 December 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Right on schedule, the Pope is getting ready to make his first tweet. You might believe that something as simple and as short as a tweet doesn't really take much effort, even if he is the Pope. But this is the Vatican we're talking about.
The pope will send his first tweet today in eight languages si... |
12 December 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Given the fact that lions are presently listed as a vulnerable species, one would suspect that a lion cub would be more than overjoyed to be touched by His Holiness and thus gain some much needed extra points in terms of being watched over by a greater power.
Still, the baby lion in this picture is anything but hap... |
3 December 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Twitter is getting serious these days. But it's not because Obama decided to announce his victory on Twitter first, the proof that Twitter has really made it big is that the Pope will soon start tweeting.
The Pope's personal account is all set up and ready to go and will start seeing some action by the ye... |
9 November 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Eighty thousand pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square, in Rome, this Sunday, for the addition of saints to the Catholic roster. Seven men and women were canonized, of which Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic church. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was baptized as C... |
22 October 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Pontification is a 2D platformer developed by Team Pontification and it will available for a multitude of platforms, including Linux.
Some developers want their story to stand out from the rest of the crowd. Pontification is bound to be a game with a controversial storyline, especially because it involves the Vatica... |
21 October 2012
05:47 GMT |
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For quite some time now, the Pope has shown a great interest in greening up his ways of getting around. Thus, a Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid and a solar-powered car were two of his first options.
However, thanks to car manufacturer Renault, His Holiness can now drive around in an all-electric vehicle designed espec... |
7 September 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The office of His Holiness the Pope announced that Benedict XVI will have a discussion with members of Expedition 27 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this Saturday, on May 21.The conversation is scheduled to last for about 20 minutes, and is slated to begin at around 13:11 CEST (1111 GMT). The Pontiff wil... |
20 May 2011
10:35 GMT |
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You might not think it but Pope Benedict XVI is proving to be quite the social media advocate, at least some of the time. During his short tenure, he has launched a YouTube channel, a Facebook app and an iPhone app. And he's not done yet, he is now urging clergy men and women to make good use of the new communi... |
25 January 2010
09:28 GMT |
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Pope Benedict XVI was recently accused by a famed international scientific publication of falsifying and distorting scientific facts to forward the Catholic religious doctrine. The Pontiff said that condoms actually helped promote HIV and AIDS, and that the international efforts that were underway in Africa at the mo... |
27 March 2009
06:15 GMT |
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The Pontifical Gregorian University will host a series of scientific meetings on the origin of life and its evolution, for five days, a move meant to mark 150 years since the death of British naturalist Charles Darwin, the one who first proposed that theory of evolution. But the organizers have not invited the very o... |
6 March 2009
03:39 GMT |
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Pope Benedict XVI plans to get his own Google channel, featuring video capabilities, in order to promote the word of God to Internet users as well. According to the Vatican, the Holy See's TV Center and the Vatican Radio are working with Google to make sure that everything is set up without a hitch. The press of... |
19 January 2009
04:19 GMT |
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The Pope and the Holy See expressed their dissatisfaction and critics of human stem cell research – which uses viable embryos for harvesting cells – cloning and “designing babies,” saying that they found these acts immoral and repulsive. The Vatican has been a long-term opponent of these field... |
13 December 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Comedian Bill Maher - who currently hosts the "Real Time with Bill Maher" show on HBO - has come under heavy attack from angry American Catholics in general and some politicians in particular after he embarked on an offensive rant about Pope Benedict's visit to America during his show the previous week. Among ot... |
18 April 2008
09:32 GMT |
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