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Pop art pope wins graffiti game of peace
UPDATE: After being up less than half the day, the city’s waste collectors came to scrape everything off. Like two years ago, spray paint graffiti, trash and unsanitary mementos of a canine kind remain… VATICAN CITY — In a clandestine … Continue reading
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Far from pulp fiction
Tuscany Press, a publisher of Catholic fiction, recently announced an increase in its Tuscany Prize money for Catholic novels, young adult novels and short stories. It’s not just the dough Tuscany’s offering, but a publishing contract as well. The Tuscany … Continue reading
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If you’re app-y and you know it… show the pope!
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has launched its upgraded Pope App this week, offering “all things pope” for your iPad or Android device. President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Celli, and project coordinator, Thaddeus Jones, … Continue reading
Nadine’s journey into pornography
Compared to all the professional types who were on the program at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation 2014 Summit in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, Nadine was relatively obsequious. She just sat in a chair along with a couple … Continue reading
A ‘Top Ten’ list about Jesus
Unlike David Letterman’s “Top Ten” lists, this list starts with the smallest number and then proceeds from there. The list is from Jesuit Father James Martin, editor at large of America magazine and author of the new book “Jesus: A … Continue reading
An intern’s farewell to CNS & Rome
By Caroline Hroncich VATICAN CITY — When I got off the bus before heading into the office on Thursday, I walked down Via della Conciliazione and ended up in St. Peter’s Square. I stopped for a while in front of … Continue reading
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Vatican collecting your video greetings for the pope
VATICAN CITY — Since email is so last decade, how would you like to send the pope video Christmas greetings and prayers? Now you can with Vine and Instagram sharing platforms through the Vatican’s Pope2You website. Record and post your … Continue reading
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It’s never too early to think about Christmas wishlists…
VATICAN CITY — Have you attended one of the pope’s weekly general audiences in St. Peter’s Square? If so and you’d like a memento of that day, you should know that you can order online a DVD of Vatican Television’s … Continue reading
Pope Francis ranks #1 most talked about name on the net
VATICAN CITY — Of the 1.83 billion people chatting and posting in English on the Internet, guess what they’ve been talking about most ? Not only is Pope Francis the most talked about name of 2013, his twitter handle @Pontifex … Continue reading
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Updated — The @Pontifex franchise: over 10 million served!
UPDATE: Well, that didn’t take long! At 9:32 p.m. Saturday Oct. 26, a little more than 24 hours after our original blog post, the @Pontifex accounts reached 10 million followers. Il Sismografo plots out the papal path to Twitter fame … Continue reading
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