I can think of few things that would throw me off my game more than some random person walking up to me with arms outstretched, waiting for a hug. Now LAHWF, the guys who brought you the Hugging Random People prank, are at it again – in Rome this time! Will those romantic Italians respond [...]
The Pope‘s butler has been arrested and named a suspect in the Vatican’s inquiry into a series of media leaks from the highest levels of the Catholic Church. Vatican officials have accused Paolo Gabriele, 46, with illegal possession of confidential documents. The leaks, dubbed Vatileaks, have revealed alleged corruption and internal conflicts within the Vatican. [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Sunday morning, April 29, 2012: – Body found after bunker standoff – California earthquake downgraded – NFL Draft wraps up – Cyclists demonstrate in Rome Mobile users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svo6OO7yrcA
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The Vatican has begun a full-scale crackdown on the group that represents the majority of the 55,000 Catholic nuns in the U.S., saying that the group wasn’t speaking out strongly enough against gay marriage, abortion, and women’s ordination. Rome also scolded the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) for sponsoring conferences that featured “a prevalence [...]
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Prosecutors in Italy say they’ve seized a record $6 trillion in allegedly fake U.S. Treasury bonds, an amount equivalent to almost half of the U.S.’s total public debt. The fake bonds were discovered hidden inside makeshift compartments of three safety deposit boxes in Zurich, the prosecutors from Potenza said in a statement. Italian authorities arrested [...]
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You’ve got to be kidding me. A 4-year-old stray cat rescued from the streets of Rome has just inherited a $13 million fortune. Maria Assunta, the wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon, left the fortune to her pet cat Tommaso when she died two weeks ago at 94 years of age. The kitty’s riches include [...]
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You might think this is a joke at first, but unfortunately it’s not. A senior official at the Vatican wants Roman Catholic priests to put some “scandal” into their sermons to spice things up a bit. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said priests needed to liven up their oft-”dull” sermons by focusing on the more scandalous sections [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Sunday, November 6, 2011: – Greek bailout in doubt once again – Protests take place in Rome – Sex abuse charges rock Penn State – Andy Rooney dies at 92
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