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(Oct. 19) -- The thick-headed couch potato star of the popular TV cartoon "The Simpsons" might not be the poster boy for religion. But in its latest venture into pop culture, the Vatican's official newspaper has declared that Homer Simpson is a Catholic. In an article Sunday headlined "Homer and Bart Are Catholics," the Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano cited a Jesuit priest's media study calling "The Simpsons" one of "the few TV programs for kids in which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are recurrent themes." The study points to a 2005 episode in which Bart enrolls in a ...
Vatican Paper: New Caravaggio May Have Been Found
By not in system - AOL NewsROME (July 17) -- The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master. The front-page story in L'Osservatore Romano came out as Italy celebrates the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio's death. This weekend, churches and a gallery in Rome housing works by the painter will stay open overnight to mark the anniversary. The painting in question depicts "The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" and belongs to the Jesuits in Rome, the paper said. It did ...
Vatican Newspaper: 'Blues Brothers' Is a 'Catholic Classic'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyJake and Elwood Blues as the Catholic Church's newest saints? Not quite. But 30 years after comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd -- a.k.a. "The Blues Brothers" -- let us know they were on "a mission from God," the pope's newspaper has given the John Landis cult film two thumbs up, and then some. "A Catholic Film" was the title of a commentary by the top editor of L'Osservatore Romano, Gian Maria Vian, who has turned the once staid broadsheet into an often trendy and topical must-read. The plot of the film -- which grew out of a "Saturday Night Live" skit popularized by Aykroyd and ...
Upon This Rock & Roll: The Vatican's Top 10 Albums
By David Gibson - Politics DailyJust last month we explored the new approach that the Vatican's once-stodgy daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has taken in covering pop culture -- a shift that has left more than a few eyebrows raised and lips pursed, especially among the more tradition-minded. Well, now the pope's newspaper has really stirred up the waters, and not just among old fogies, by publishing a "semi-serious guide" to the 10 best rock albums of all time. Drum roll please: The Top 10 albums are, in no particular order: The Beatles' "Revolver" Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" Oasis' "(What's the Story) ...
The Pope's Newspaper Goes 'Pop'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyIf The New York Times was known as "the Gray Lady" of journalism for its staid appearance, then L'Osservatore Romano could justifiably have been called "The Dowager Queen." The semi-official newspaper of the Vatican was so dedicated to reprinting papal speeches, in black and white across huge broadsheet pages, and so diligent in its adherence to the Vatican's party line in its articles, that most people just referred to L'Osservatore as the Pravda of the Catholic Church -- a disparaging comparison to the old Kremlin mouthpiece. Still, times change. Pravda is a tabloid, the NYT prints in ...
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