1. The Vatican has led the offensive against The Da Vinci Code, calling for a boycott and even unspecified legal action against both the book and film.
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2. The Vatican said the decision was akin to capital punishment for someone who had committed no crime.
3. American Cardinal James Stafford would preside at the ceremony on the Pope's behalf, the Vatican said.
4. Italy's holiest of cities houses wonderfully extensive collections of the Catholic Church in some of the greatest museums in the world - the Vatican Museums.
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5. Calls that the Vatican address a shortage of priests by relaxing its celibacy requirement have been made in recent years.
6. The Vatican medical staff appeared confident it could handle the crisis with the sophisticated medical equipment installed for the pontiff.
7. Vatican officials earlier indicated they were considering cutting diplomatic ties with Taipei to pave the way for that to happen.
8. The Vatican said he would make the trip after Easter Sunday and that he does not want to interfere with relief operations.
9. The Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI would visit the affected area sometime after Easter Sunday.
10. BEIJING - China's religious affairs administration denounced the Vatican's excommunication of two Chinese Catholic bishops, saying the decision was " extremely unreasonable and rude ".