VATICAN
(See also Popes; Roman Catholic Church; Vatican II Council)
attitude toward—
homosexuality: g87 3/22 30
in vitro fertilization: g87 8/8 29
ordination of women: g88 8/22 27
political involvement by clerics: g87 4/22 9
awareness of Nazi Holocaust: g94 10/22 28; g89 3/8 29
business involvement:
Banco Ambrosiano scandal: re 264; g96 4/8 7; w89 4/15 15; w88 1/15 19
textiles: re 264
censure of liberal prelates in U.S.: g87 1/22 30
cigarette sales: g95 10/8 28
concern over—
number leaving church: g87 3/22 2-8
concordats with—
Austria: yb89 67-68
Colombia: w92 12/1 31; yb90 70
Dominican Republic: yb15 101, 103-104
Germany (Nazi): re 237-238; g95 8/22 14; w90 3/15 30; w89 4/15 10-11, 22-23; w89 5/1 6
Italy (Fascist): re 262
diplomatic relations with Cuba (1986): g86 6/8 29
diplomatic relations with Israel (1993): g94 7/22 29
diplomatic relations with Russia (2009): g 9/10 29
dissident theologians issue Cologne Declaration: g90 6/22 7, 9
divine name in: g01 7/8 16
Easter customs: g86 3/22 3-5
financial ills: g88 4/22 30; g88 7/22 29-30
Inquisition archives made accessible (1998): g98 12/8 12-13
interdenominational assembly to pray for peace (1994): g95 12/22 24
Latin used: g04 2/22 29; g98 8/8 28
library: g88 7/22 19
Codex Vaticanus: it-2 316-317; w10 3/1 10; w09 10/1 18-20; w09 12/15 3; w89 5/1 30-31; g88 7/22 19-20
new catechism assailed: g90 11/8 28
observatory:
priests convinced of extraterrestrial life: g02 11/22 28-29
policy paper rejected by U.S. bishops: g89 2/22 29
political state: g 1/14 15; g00 10/22 31; sh 269, 272
“prediplomatic relations” with Soviet Union: g90 10/8 29
radio transmission: g01 12/8 29
St. Peter’s Basilica:
claim of finding Peter’s tomb: w94 10/15 27-30
pagan themes in artwork: it-1 181
tetragrammaton: g01 7/8 16
Sistine Chapel:
building of: sh 308
depiction of hell: g86 4/22 25
pagan themes in artwork: it-1 181
support of Fascism: g94 10/22 28
support of Nazism: w89 4/15 22-23
UN membership in jeopardy: g00 10/22 31
wealth:
public reaction to encyclical encouraging sale of ornaments in churches to help poor: w88 8/15 31
website: g99 3/22 29
“World Day of Prayer for Peace,” Assisi, Italy (1986): re 249-251; w88 1/15 13; w88 12/15 21, 23; g87 3/22 29; g87 6/8 2-10