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2006 Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland
1997 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City 1995 P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-general of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87 1993 Vatican recognizes Israel 1993 Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66 1989 Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy 1989 U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer 1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed 1984 U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years 1973 Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican 1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1965 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council 1965 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened 1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1964 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome 1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council 1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome 1963 Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1962 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII 1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists 1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council 1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting 1953 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London 1943 Vatican bombed 1943 German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies 1938 Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain 1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican 1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88 1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1930 Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control 1929 Romania and Vatican sign concord 1929 Mexico and Vatican sign Concord 1929 Prussia and Vatican sign Concord 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state 1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome 1926 Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1924 Bayern and Vatican reach accord 1922 Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program 1922 Latvia and Vatican sign accord 1917 Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau 1903 Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador, to Vatican 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome 1860 Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican 1845 Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library 1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) 1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death 1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno |
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