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The Vatican made controversial headlines once again after it was reported that the Holy See (accidentally?) purchased Europe’s biggest gay sauna.

An Italian newspaper is alleging that Pope Benedict XVI resigned because of a gay lobbying group inside the Vatican.

The Vatican will finance new research into the potential use of adult stem cells in the treatment of intestinal and possibly other diseases, officials announced Friday.

The Vatican on Wednesday tried to defuse growing anger over remarks by the pope’s top aide that the problem behind the pedophile priest scandals is homosexuality and not the church’s celibacy requirement.

A scandal in Italy’s Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.

E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church. Read more...

Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age.

Foul-mouthed comedian Sarah Silverman has a new proposal for ending world hunger: Sell the Vatican.