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The Vatican has reportedly assigned clerics with experience in the field of devil worship and the occult to assist the Italian anti-sect squad. Church officials have become concerned about the number of churches being desecrated by Satanists. In recent months, there have ... been a string of murders that have been linked to devil worship.
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The Vatican (LifeNews.com) -- With Terri Schiavo's painful starvation death scheduled in one week, leading Catholic officials are stepping up their efforts to speak out. Moving from speaking in general against euthanasia, they are now making a rare pitch on behalf of one person -- a disabled woman whose life hangs in the balance.
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In addition to the Swiss Guards, the Vatican maintains several missile silos and a considerable stockpile of nuclear weapons. The most famous of these silos is hidden undearneath St. Peter's Square. In the event of nuclear war, a force field will protect the Vatican for 24 hours until all of its residents are able to teleport to the safety of outer space, where a super star destroyer is at hand to hyper space them to the nearest catholic friendly planet.
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The Vatican sparked excitement among AIDS campaigners when it suggested it was planning a review of its stance on condom use as a method of HIV prevention. However, it soon became clear that a major change in policy was unlikely, and that the Catholic Church would probably continue to oppose condom use in all circumstances.107
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After reading the Vatican's instructions on seminary admission standards for gay men, formally issued Tuesday, the Rev. John Markey, an Austinite, said he is considering taking a leave of absence from his Dominican Order. Markey, who is gay, said the rules paint the church hierarchy as 'cynical and cowardly.'
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The Rota deals with big-name divorces, while the Signatura is the “Supreme Court” of the Vatican. That leaves the Apostolic Penitentiary, which, despite its name, is not a prison for erring evangelists, but the oldest tribunal of the Holy See, in charge of granting absolutions, dispensations and other favors. (It ... determines indulgences.) The cardinal-prefect in charge, known as the Major (or formerly, Grand) Penitentiary of the Holy Roman Church, “is the only Curia official who remains in power, with the full authority of his office, during the Sede Vacante [the period between popes]. This is so that he may continue to confer necessary pardon and dispensations during the duration of the vacancy. “[He] is also the only cardinal that who may maintain a steady stream of outside contact as the nature of his office requires his continued attention. ‘In the event he dies during Conclave, the conclavists must immediately elect a successor for the duration of the Conclave.
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