Ireland's most senior Catholic said on Saturday he will visit Pope Benedict XVI this week to discuss a damning report detailing the cover-up of decades of child sex abuse by clerics. Read More
Rain is falling on the D.C. area, and as predicted, it looks like it's turning to snow. Read More
Simon Pope is paid to eat 7,080 biscuits a year. Read More
Job cuts, potentially at a major level, appear on the horizon again for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Reynolds said yesterday that it is asking for volunteers among its 1,800 manufacturing employees to take a severance package as part of a business analysis. Read More
Shareholders in PT British American Tobacco (BAT) Indonesia and PT Bentoel International Investama approved Friday the proposed merger of the two companies to challenge the domination of big players in the country's lucrative cigarette market. Read More
The crowd at Pope Air Force Base included some unusual characters for the location. Read More
Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, ending long-standing tensions, the Kremlin announced after President Dmitry Medvedev met Pope Benedict XVI. Read More
Smoking Popes' take on punk-pop is centered around lead singer Josh Caterer, whose obsessions with big-band records and ... Read the full Smoking Popes bio.