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Investors and skeptics alike took note of the important announcement, given the fact that church officials had always been very vocal about their opposition of embryonic stem cell research. , an official from the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture announced what was characterized as the Vatican's first-ever contractual collaboration with an outside commercial venture to advance stem cell research.

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Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who didn't attend the meeting, called the Vatican's role in placing the church's own canon law above Irish criminal law "absolutely disgraceful."

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Kenny called the Vatican's written intervention - first revealed in full by The Associated Press six months ago - "absolutely disgraceful."

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Polish Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, head of the Vatican's health office, told La Repubblica newspaper that it was understandable that a pope's body remains intact because it belongs to the entire church.

Pope Champions Organ Transplants -- But Is No Longer Donor AP 2011

"Face to Facebook" is firmly in the tradition of contemporary artist teams like the Yes Men -- who famously cloned the Web site of the World Trade Organization, and posed as representatives of the free market group -- and fellow Italians Eva & Franco Mattes, who cloned the Vatican's site, slowly changing it to add subversive material.

ARTINFO: Italian Art Duo Hijacks 1 Million Facebook Profiles For Dating Site ARTINFO 2011

Faithful will also have the opportunity to attend a Mass of thanksgiving, celebrated by the Vatican's No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in the square on the morning of May 2.

Vatican: No ticket fees for Pope John Paul II beatification Mass 2011

Faithful will also have the opportunity to attend a Mass of thanksgiving, celebrated by the Vatican's No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in the square on the morning of May 2.

Vatican: No ticket fees for Pope John Paul II beatification Mass 2011

"Face to Facebook" is firmly in the tradition of contemporary artist teams like the Yes Men -- who famously cloned the Web site of the World Trade Organization, and posed as representatives of the free market group -- and fellow Italians Eva & Franco Mattes, who cloned the Vatican's site, slowly changing it to add subversive material.

ARTINFO: Italian Art Duo Hijacks 1 Million Facebook Profiles For Dating Site ARTINFO 2011

"Face to Facebook" is firmly in the tradition of contemporary artist teams like the Yes Men -- who famously cloned the Web site of the World Trade Organization, and posed as representatives of the free market group -- and fellow Italians Eva & Franco Mattes, who cloned the Vatican's site, slowly changing it to add subversive material.

ARTINFO: Italian Art Duo Hijacks 1 Million Facebook Profiles For Dating Site ARTINFO 2011

"Face to Facebook" is firmly in the tradition of contemporary artist teams like the Yes Men -- who famously cloned the Web site of the World Trade Organization, and posed as representatives of the free market group -- and fellow Italians Eva & Franco Mattes, who cloned the Vatican's site, slowly changing it to add subversive material.

ARTINFO: Italian Art Duo Hijacks 1 Million Facebook Profiles For Dating Site ARTINFO 2011