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...shoos away critics who say social commentary, or even art, shouldn't be soiled by the job of selling products. "Communication has always been at the service of power. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel for the Pope. And is it not an advertisement for the Church?" he says. "If Frank Gehry builds a new headquarters for Coca-Cola, no one accuses him of trying to sell soda. He's trying to build the best building he can. And I'm trying to make the best image...
...hard not to notice when the Pope shows up. And you can sometimes say the same when he doesn't. Last fall, Pope Benedict XVI was a notable no-show at a September ceremony to mark 20 years since John Paul II had hosted a groundbreaking gathering of world religious leaders in Assisi, Italy. Some viewed the Pope's absence as a slap to those working for inter-faith dialogue, both inside and outside the Catholic Church. On Sunday, however, Benedict will be center stage at the most lavish, and well-attended, inter-religious ceremony of his papacy, organized...
Cost of a facsimile of the Chinon parchment (below), the original account of the alleged misdeeds of the Knights Templar. One copy is reserved for Pope Benedict XVI, and the Vatican is selling the remaining 799 copies...
Number of years ago the Templar, formed during the Crusades, were officially disavowed by the Vatican, though Pope Clement V acquitted them of heresy...
...their rehabilitated leader. Bhutto, who was greeted by a million-strong crowd when she returned from exile in 1986 to take up her father's position as party leader, will be riding in a specially designed bulletproof glass container mounted on a trailer. It's kind of like the pope-mobile, says PPP information secretary Sherry Rehman, "only without...