AIDS Is a Kind of 'Justice' for Promiscuous Sex, Belgian Catholic Leader Claims
Filed under: Religion, Culture, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Scandal, European Union, Gay RightsThe Catholic Church in Belgium has been battered by scandals and missteps over the past...
View ArticleArchbishop Raymond Burke, Critic of Obama and Pro-Choice Pols, Named a Cardinal
Filed under: Religion, Abortion, Disputations, Conservatives, Liberals, Moderates, Pope Benedict XVI, Barack ObamaPope Benedict XVI on Wednesday said he would elevate two dozen churchmen to the...
View ArticleCardinal-Designate Burke Says Catholics Cannot Vote for Candidates Who Are...
Filed under: Endorsements, Democrats, Republicans, Religion, Abortion, Culture, Disputations, 2010 Elections, Conservatives, Campaigns, Liberals, Pope Benedict XVI, Barack Obama, Gay RightsJust ahead...
View ArticleVatican: Cardinals Will 'Reflect and Pray' on Sex Abuse Crisis
Filed under: Religion, Crime, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalThe Vatican announced Monday that the world's cardinals, assembling in Rome next week to welcome two dozen new members to...
View ArticlePope Is No Tea Partier: Benedict Backs Guaranteed Health Care For All
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Religion, Abortion, Health Care, Disputations, Congress, Conservatives, Tea Party, Pope Benedict XVI, Health Care ReformAs newly empowered Republicans prepare a...
View ArticlePope OKs Condoms in Some Cases, Such as Prostitutes Avoiding HIV
Filed under: Religion, Disputations, Ethics, Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI has said that in special cases, such as that of prostitutes trying to prevent HIV infection, condoms could be justified...
View ArticlePope's High Praise of Holocaust-Era Predecessor Sparks Jewish Ire
Filed under: Religion, Media, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVICoverage of Pope Benedict XVI's new book-length interview has focused almost exclusively on his remarks about using condoms to prevents...
View ArticlePope Has Not Endorsed Condoms for Cats, Contrary to PETA Leaflets
Filed under: Environment, Religion, Disputations, Ethics, Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI's comments last month that using condoms could be justified at times, such as by a male prostitute trying to...
View ArticleVatican Clarifies Pope's Statements on Condoms
Filed under: Religion, Health Care, Culture, Disputations, Ethics, Pope Benedict XVIThe Vatican has clarified controversial statements by Pope Benedict XVI on condom use to prevent AIDS in an effort to...
View ArticleObama, Hillary Clinton Top 'Most Admired' Lists in Annual Gallup Poll
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Polls, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, Poll Watch, Pope Benedict XVI, Barack ObamaPresident Obama far and away tops the list of Gallup's annual "most admired...
View ArticleBelgian Catholic Leader Says Church Does Not Have to Compensate Sex Abuse...
Filed under: Religion, Gay Rights, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalThe controversial prelate appointed less than a year ago by Pope Benedict XVI to push the liberal-leaning Catholic...
View ArticleThe Top Stories in Religion and Politics in 2010 -- What They Mean, Why They...
Filed under: Bush Administration, Senate, House, Democrats, Republicans, Religion, Abortion, Gay Rights, Taxes, Terror, Polls, Obama Administration, Culture, Disputations, 2010 Elections, Congress,...
View ArticleClergy Sex Abuse Claims Lead Milwaukee Archdiocese to File Bankruptcy
Filed under: Religion, Crime, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalThe financial fallout from the clergy sexual abuse scandal continues to mount as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of...
View ArticlePope John Paul II Closer to Sainthood, Though Sex Abuse Critics Disagree
Filed under: Religion, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Scandal, MedicineVatican experts have attributed a miraculous healing to the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II, a ruling that...
View ArticleJohn Paul II Beatification Set for May 1 as Vatican Confirms Miracle
Filed under: Religion, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalThe late Pope John Paul II, whose death in April 2005 prompted a global outpouring of grief and demands that he be made a saint...
View ArticleVatican Letter to Irish Bishops on Sex Abuse: A 'Smoking Gun' in Conspiracy?
Filed under: Religion, Crime, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalThe Vatican is scrambling to tamp down yet another crisis in the ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal, this time over the...
View ArticleBerlusconi Sex Scandal: Vatican Breaks Silence, Demands 'More Robust Morality'
Filed under: Religion, Foreign Policy, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalA top Vatican official has subtly but clearly rebuked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations...
View ArticleExorcist Priest and Abortion Scold Falls From Grace, Rocks the Catholic Right
Filed under: Religion, Scandal, Abortion, Gay Rights, Disputations, Conservatives, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalA Catholic priest who traveled the country performing exorcisms and launching...
View ArticleDublin Archbishop Washes Feet of Sex Abuse Victims
Filed under: Religion, Crime, Disputations, Ethics, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic ScandalArchbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has been seen as a rare champion of reform and repentance in the Catholic...
View ArticlePope's 'Passion of the Christ': Don't Blame Jews for Death of Jesus
Filed under: Religion, Culture, Disputations, Pope Benedict XVIIn a new book on the historical Jesus set for release next week, Pope Benedict XVI forcefully argues that the Jewish people cannot be...
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