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Feisty architect Hadid challenges Rome skyline November 20, 03:40pm EST
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Iraq's Zaha Hadid, one of the world's most acclaimed architects, has given this ancient city that normally shuns modern intrusions another controversial building -- a new museum dedicated to contemporary design. Full Article
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Vatican's Anglican plan won't alter celibacy for most priests
The Vatican said its plan to allow married Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism does not signal any change to its age-old rule of celibacy for the overwhelming majority of Catholic priests. Full Article | Comments [1]

UPDATE: Uproar after court says no crucifixes in Italian schools
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italian schools should remove crucifixes from classroom walls, saying their presence could disturb children who were not Christians. Full Article | Comments [5]

Vatican begins talks with ultra-traditionalists
The Vatican began talks on Monday with an ultra-traditionalist Catholic splinter group, one of whose bishops has denied the full extent of the Holocaust, with the aim of re-integrating it fully into the Church. Full Article
