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  • Pope Benedict XVI

    • The Criminal Priest – Marcial Maciel Degollado’s Secret Lives And Lies

      12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Marcial Maciel Degollado, a priest from Mexico is a walking contradiction. He was the greatest postwar fundraiser for the Catholic Church, and its greatest criminal. Pope Benedict XVI described Degollado as “A life … out of moral bounds,” and a “wasted, twisted life.” In the 1940’s Degollado founded the religious order, The Legion of Christ. Degollado […]

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    • Discover The Secrets That Lie Beneath The Vatican [Photo Gallery]

      06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Ever wondered what the tomb of St Peter looks like? The floor of the vatican is just the roof that covers the tomb of St Peter as well as the many Popes that have lived before us.  Deep in the earth below the great basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome the clink of pickaxes and the scrape […]

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    • Pope Benedict XVI’s Final Address [VIDEO]

      28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Pope Benedict XVI made his final general audience appearance yesterday morning. Tens of thousands of followers gathered in St Peter’s Square, where the pope has provided lessons on the Catholic faith every week for eight years. He thanked his cardinals for respecting and supporting his decision to resign. Benedict said: To love the church means […]

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    • 5 Possible Reasons For The Pope’s Resignation

      13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he’s resigning for the “good of church”, which of course makes our ears prick up immediately. Sure, he could be resigning for health reasons, but many previous Popes have shuffled off their mortal coil while in Papal power. So, apart from failing health, what could have sparked the Holy […]

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    • His Holiness In A Hurricane – The Top 20 Pics Of Pope Benedict In The Wind

      12 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      In tribute to his time in the Papacy we present: The Pontiff in a gale. His Holiness in a hurricane. The Holy Father in a howl. Our @pontifex in a squall.

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    • Vatican Announces Pope’s Resignation – Twitter Goes Into Joke Overdrive

      11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will resign on 28 February, an italian news agency has announced. Twitter, in the mean time, has gone into a feeding frenzy.

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    • The Pope Tweets For First Time From Personal Account – What Did He Say?

      13 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time yesterday from a personal Twitter account. This follows last week’s announcement by the Vatican that Benedict would begin posting messages on Twitter in eight languages under the handle @pontifex – a Latin term for pope that means “bridge builder.”

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    • Fancy A Whiff Of Eau De Pope? Think Again.

      15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      It might not be obvious, given his stature as the head of the Catholic Church, but in Italy Pope Benedict XVI is considered quite the fashionista. He prefers red fedoras and tailored red shoes, apparently gets quite picky about the cut of his robes, and now, according to the Italian press, he even has his own scent.

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    • Pope Benedict Takes To Twitter To Save Lent

      23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      This week, the Catholic Church begins its annual Lenten cycle, culminating in the holy days associated with Easter in just over a month, and given the flagging interest many young Catholics around the world are apparently showing in sticking to their Lenten vows, the Pope is taking his fight for their pledges to the Twittersphere.

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    • Pope Says Gay Marriage And Abortion Pose Threat To Our Values

      26 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      During a speech over the weekend in Germany, the Pope warned of threats posed by abortion and gay marriage. He said that Christian churches “must walk side by side” in the battle against church values. He also added that we must defend the “integrity and the uniqueness of marriage between one man and one woman.”

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    • Insert Poop Joke Here, And It’s Vatican Toilet Paper

      11 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      A company called Renova has released a special edition, perfumed toilet paper in the colours of the Vatican flag to ‘honour’ Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Spain next week. Moisturizer, paper towels and black toilet paper are among the other holy cosmetics the company has produced.

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    • Pope Benedict XVI Tweets For The First Time [VIDEO]

      29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Pope Benedict XVI took to Twitter yesterday and composed a tweet on an iPad before sending it out into cyberspace. Granted, it did take about six other similarly aged cardinals and other officials to help him out, but it is the thought that counts, right? See a video of him tweeting, as well as his full Twitter message, inside.

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    • Buzz-Kill Benedict Shuts Down Monastery

      25 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Pope Benedict XVI has shut down a famous Monastery in Rome, run by a former nightclub dancing nun. The monastery, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, holds some of the most precious relics in the Church, but the Pope has cut the partying short.

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    • Pope Says The Jews Didn’t Do It

      03 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      In a dramatic turnaround, Pope Benedict XVI said sorry for all the years that the Catholic Church has been blaming the death of Jesus on the Jews.

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    • VLADIMIR PUTIN: STATESMAN, HUNTER, METHOD ACTOR

      30 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Similar, much? 2oceansvibe was abuzz in Friday afternoon with news that Russian statesman, Vladimir Putin, had cross-bowed a whale. But we thought it was worth the time to point out, on record, that Putin only spends part of his time shooting sea behemoths from rubber dingies, swimming in frozen Siberian lakes, hunting Brown Bears with […]

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