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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC has threatened to stop providing all social services unless the DC City Council drops plans for a gay marriage bill. Under the bill, headed for a council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for ...
Religion, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Washington DC, catholic church
Barack Obama told Pope Benedict today that he wants to reduce abortions in the US. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised Pope Benedict on Friday that he would do everything possible to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said. Obama and Benedict ...
Barack Obama, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Abortion, Stem Cells
This is good news about a very bad situation—a sign that the Catholic Church is starting to get serious about dealing with the corruption that has wreaked so much damage in so many lives: Vatican to investigate scandalized religious order. NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI has taken the ...
catholic church, Pope Benedict, Corruption, Child Abuse, Religion
In an unusual letter to the world’s Catholic bishops, Pope Benedict has acknowledged Vatican mistakes in the case of Holocaust denier Richard Williamson. Benedict said the controversy resulted from an “unforeseen mishap” that made his efforts of “mercy” toward the excommunicated bishops seem like a repudiation of reconciliation between ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
Here’s a look at the Vatican’s walking-on-eggshells attitude toward Darwin’s theory of evolution, and their apparent dismissal of the “intelligent design” form of creationism: Reconciling Science, Religion. “The ongoing and vigorous engagement of the Catholic Church with evolutionary theory reflects, in my opinion, a fluid and dynamic pathway that ...
charles darwin, catholic church, Vatican, Pope Benedict, Intelligent Design, discovery institute, Creationism, Evolution
The “Bishop” Richard Williamson Holocaust denial story is not going away: Bishop’s apology for Holocaust denial fails to placate Vatican and Germany. BISHOP RICHARD Williamson, whose denial of the Holocaust provoked an international outcry, could face further problems in Germany and in his strained relations with the Holy See ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken to Pope Benedict about Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson, but the Pope isn’t budging. Williamson is still being reinstated. (CNN) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned Pope Benedict XVI Sunday over a Holocaust denier whom the pope welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
It took a worldwide outcry, but the Vatican is now saying that Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson must recant. VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Wednesday demanded that a prelate who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted as a bishop into the Roman Catholic Church. It ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling on Pope Benedict to clarify his Holocaust stance, as the controversy over Bishop Richard Williamson’s Holocaust denial refuses to go away. Her demand came amid increasing outrage among Germany’s Roman Catholic leaders over the pope’s decision to lift the excommunication of British-born Richard ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
Holocaust denier Bishop Richard Williamson has apologized to Pope Benedict for causing him “distress.” Williamson’s apology came in the form of a letter, dated Jan. 28, to Cardinal Dario Castrillón Hoyos, head of the Vatican office that deals with the Society of St. Pius X and other traditionalist groups ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
It looks like Pope Benedict’s initiative to bring the Society of St. Pius X back into the Catholic Church was ill-advised. ROME - A priest in an ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI has defended a bishop in the group and joined him in expressing doubts about ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
The Holocaust-denying British bishop recently “un-excommunicated” by Pope Benedict is now under a gag order from his superiors in the Fraternity of St. Pius X. Statement of His Excellency Bernard Fellay, Superior of the Fraternity of St. Pius X We have become aware of an interview released by Bishop ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
This is a disgrace. Pope Benedict should rescind the reinstatement of Bishop Richard Williamson. JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre on Sunday slammed a Holocaust-denying English bishop whose ex-communication has been cancelled by Pope Benedict XVI. “It is scandalous that someone of ...
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Pope Benedict, catholic church, Religion
Pope Benedict met Stephen Hawking at a Vatican-sponsored conference on evolution yesterday, and the pseudo-scientific shills of the Discovery Institute were not invited. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told a gathering of scientists including the British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Friday that there was no contradiction between believing ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, catholic church, Vatican
Interesting messages from the Vatican this week, dealing with the interface between science and religion: Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for ...
Religion, catholic church, Vatican, Pope Benedict, Evolution, charles darwin
The Vatican is sponsoring an international conference on the evolution debate, and “intelligent design” creationists like the Discovery Institute are not invited. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Speakers invited to attend a Vatican-sponsored congress on the evolution debate will not include proponents of creationism and intelligent design, organizers said. The ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, catholic church, Vatican
Ranting lunatic Father Michael Pfleger, after a token suspension, is now back in business in Chicago: Pfleger to return to St. Sabina with ‘no restrictions’. The South Side parish of St. Sabina exploded with shouts of joy and a standing ovation Sunday morning at the news firebrand Catholic pastor ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Pfleger, trinity united, Hate Speech, catholic church