1. Pope Loves His Harley-Davidsons
(World/International)

... and a leather jacket, Mail Online reported. The Vatican security force will be using the motorcycles. According to the LA Daily News, ten motorcycles were involved in a serious accident last Saturday ...

2. Are The Times Really A Changing For The Vatican? New Pope Speaks Candidly About Changing Celibacy Rule
(World/International)

... wardrobe. Unlike the ostentatious popes of the past and their sanctimonious obsession with opulence (think Liz Taylor in an Holy robe), Pope Bergoglio (or Francis as his Vatican peeps call him) appears ...

3. 'Cowboy Pope:' Will Cardinal Dolan be Named this Week?
(World/International)

... account with 96,000 followers. Dolan’s brand of evangelism would certainly be a shift within the Vatican. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was known as primarily an academic, a soft-spoken theologian who succeeded ...

4. Part Hitchcock, Part Gothic: The Stylish Thriller "Stoker"
(Entertainment/Movies)

... 1700 miles across the West Australian desert with four camels and a dog. Goode’s next project is playing Papal Secretary Bernd Koch in Ridley Scott’s timely Showtime series “The Vatican,” starring Kyle ...

5. A Boost for Catholicism: Pick a Nun to be Pope
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY CINDY FERRAINO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As the Vatican City is bombarded by cardinals and millions of visitors awaiting a decision on who will be named as the next leader of the Catholic Church, a ...

6. why did the church kick out Benedict.............
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... vatican hired as a spinmaster mid last year. Why did the pope get forced to resign - because I and about 3000 others have made exposing his utter insanity a major achievement Not only is he exposed ...

7. Sex Abuse Scandal, Money and Gay Lobby May Have Made Pope Resign
(World/International)

... on Dec. 17 from Cardinals Julian Herranz, Salvatore De Giorgi and Josef Tomko. Tomko is the former chief of the Vatican’s secret services. Benedict ordered the report commissioned in response to the ...

8. A Pope Trial: Is it Possible to Try the Pope for a Sex Abuse Scandal?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Giorgio Napolitano on Feb. 23 to plea  for immunity against prosecution for allegations of child sex crimes combined with recent reports that Vatican will protect the Pope from sex ...

9. N.J. Catholics Maintain Optimism in Wake of Pope’s Resignation
(N.J./State)

...  In a meeting of Vatican cardinals, Benedict said that this was, “a decision of great importance for the life of the church.” Since there is no need to observe the traditional mourning time that follows ...

10. Peeling Back the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
(World/International)

... moments, as well as moments he may regret. Let’s take a look at the highs and lows of his time at the Vatican. Born as Joseph Ratzinger in April of 1927, he became Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005, ...

11. Highest-Paid Pitcher in Baseball History is a Seattle Mariner - Felix Hernandez
(Sports/Professional)

... done." And, "If old cardinals pick the Pope it will never change. Let the people vote." I'd like to see how a world-wide popular vote for Pope would work exactly. As they say at the Vatican, "Oy." 5. ...

12. Pope Resigns, Leaves Many Catholics Shocked and Unsure
(N.J./State)

... issued a declaration seen here, on the Vatican website, ending his time as Pope on Feb. 28, and sparking questions that haven’t been discussed since almost 600 years ago. Citing his age and deteriorating ...

13. Baseball Has its Issues ... and the Hall of Fame Could Use Some Help
(Sports/Professional)

... dollar business, and the Hall of Fame is its shrine, and Cooperstown is its Vatican City. The steroid era has created enough collateral damage for the sport and MLB and the MLBPA have gone a long way to ...

14. The Pope is on Twitter
(News/Hot topic)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Starting on Monday, December 12, the Pope will begin tweeting.  His Twitter handle will be @pontifex. The Vatican already has a website, ...

15. Fr. George Coyne to explore the universe with Seton Hall community
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Vatican Observatory from 1978 to 2006, and is currently President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He is considered to be one of the leading intellectuals on the topics of the interaction between ...

16. N.J. man sees Virgin Mary at the car wash
(N.J./State)

... flier miles, the Vatican published an English version of Church rules used to determine whether or not the sightings were real. According to the Huffington Post, Vatican guidelines say a supernatural ...

17. Pope Benedict XVI goes green with fuel efficient cars
(World/International)

... during his time at the Vatican. According to businessgreen.com, the Vatican has added solar panels and a solar cooling unit, and has offset carbon dioxide emissions through reforestation since the papacy ...

18. A tale of two priests and two responses to canon law
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the Times continued. Seven years before that, U.S. bishops had pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn’s failure ...

19. Lance Armstrong doping charges: What is WADA and why do they care?
(Sports/Professional)

... reason has the same United Nations observer rights as the Vatican, which is a sovereign state.  The most troubling part of the Rogge, Pound and Fahey squawking is that governments have given these ...

20. Mystery? no. Criminal Coverup by Hierarchy? yes. Ordinary Catholics Self Deluded? Must be.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... victims. Change the priorities of the rich old men in dresses who cower from justice in the privileged halls of the Vatican and suddenly children will stop being raped, criminals will face accountability ...