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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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OPINION

Catholics 'Will
Enjoy' Da Vinci
Prequel: Howard

Director defends Angels & Demons from 'smear campaign'

Apr 21, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Howard wants to make something clear: He is not anti-Catholic, and neither is his upcoming film, Angels & Demons. The beleaguered prequel to the similarly controversial Da Vinci Code is under fire from the Catholic League, and Howard responds to the latest “silly and mean-spirited work of propaganda”... More »

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entertainment • film • Catholic Church • Vatican • Catholicism • Catholic • Da Vinci Code • Dan Brown • Ron Howard • Angels & Demons

GLOSSIES

There's Method to Andrew Sullivan's Madness

... But conservatives, gays can't figure it out

Apr 16, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - At age 8, Andrew Sullivan asked his mother if God really was omniscient. Her affirmative reply terrified him: “Then there’s no hope for me, Mum.” Despite his success, conservatives, Catholics, and gay activists might agree—even though he belongs to each of their constituencies, Johann Hari writes... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Andrew Sullivan • Christian conservatives • Catholic • HIV/AIDS • conservatives

(Newser) - Cardinal Francis George of Chicago ratcheted up the criticism of Notre Dame for inviting President Obama to give a commencement speech in May, the Tribune reports. The school “didn’t understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation,” said George. Catholic groups have criticized... More »

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stem cell research • abortion • Notre Dame • Catholic • commencement speech • Cardinal Francis George • President Obama

 UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope' 

It caused 'serious offense,' ad council rules

Apr 2, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British advertising commission has blocked the use of a dancing, beer-guzzling photo-manipulated "Pope John Paul II" in an advertisement promoting a nightclub, reports the Telegraph. "It was hugely offensive," said a spokeswoman for a Polish organization, one of several Catholics who complained about the brochure. "... More »

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advertising • censorship • religion • nightclub • Britain • Catholic • Pope John Paul II • freedom of speech

Women May Get Equal Rights
to UK Throne

New rules also may
allow royal family
to marry Catholics

Mar 27, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown's office and Buckingham Palace are considering changes to centuries-old laws that bar Catholics from the British throne and give male heirs precedence over female ones. The royal family is said to be open to changing the succession laws, and all 53 countries in the British commonwealth are to... More »

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United Kingdom • women • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Catholic • British royals • Commonwealth • succession • Princess Royal • Howard Stern Grid

NY Hotel Boss Axed for
Ash Wednesday Slur

Palace Hotel chief bounced after mocking Catholic bell captain

Mar 25, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The boss of a ritzy New York hotel has been canned for ordering a Catholic employee to lose his Ash Wednesday ashes, reports the New York Daily News. The manager of the Palace Hotel—located across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral—told the bell captain "wipe that f-----g... More »

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hotel • Catholic • Lent

(Newser) - The Pope urged Catholics in Angola to reach out and convert witchcraft believers frightened by “evil powers,” the AP reports. “In today's Angola, Catholics should offer the message of Christ to the many who live in the fear of spirits,” a fear that can lead them... More »

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Africa • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic • witchcraft • conversion • Angola

opinion

 Let's Impeach the Pope 


Mar 18, 09 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his short reign, Pope Benedict has managed to insult Muslims, women, and Holocaust survivors, writes Robert S. McElvaine, a professor at Millsaps College in Mississippi. But his latest controversy, telling Africans that condoms increase the spread of AIDS, is the last straw. "I am a Catholic and the... More »

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Africa • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic • pontiff • condoms

OPINION

Pro-Choice Obama Exploits Sebelius' Catholicism


Mar 11, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post. And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Health and Human Services • abortion rights • Right to Life • Department of Health • pro choice • Catholic • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

 Survey: Religion Shrinks in US 

Most groups lose members; Christianity falls 11%

Mar 9, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey shows sweeping changes in US religious attitudes over the past 18 years, with most religions losing members despite population growth, USA Today reports. Those identifying themselves as Christians have dropped 11% in a generation; mobility and marriage patterns have uprooted many religious affiliations. “More than ever... More »

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religion • United States • population • faith • Catholic • Baptist • survey • Wiccan • Bill Maher Grid

 Holocaust Bishop Apologizes 


Feb 26, 09 3:59 PM CST
(AP) - A British bishop apologized today for remarks in which he denied the scale of the Holocaust and asserted that no Jews were gassed in concentration camps. "I can truthfully say that I regret having made such remarks," said Bishop Richard Williamson. He did not, however, say that his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Holocaust • Vatican • Catholic • bishop • Richard Williamson

Catholic Group Savages Dems Using Senator's Signature

Staffer, not Brownback, approved the letter

Feb 24, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - A letter suggesting that top Democratic lawmakers aren’t “real Catholics” is attributed to Sen. Sam Brownback, the Huffington Post reports, but in fact came from a conservative Catholic group, Politico confirms.  “Real Catholics need a new voice—not the likes of Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Sam Brownback • abortion • Ted Kennedy • Catholic • President Obama

Cutbacks Hit Faith-Based Charities as Need Rises

Slashed state budgets leave programs with reduced funding

Feb 20, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession has hit faith-based charities hard, threatening to cut off vital services for the sick, poor, and elderly, the Washington Post reports. With state and local budgets strapped for cash, contracts and grants for the groups—including the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities—have been slashed or delayed across... More »

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social services • charity • nonprofit • Catholic • faith based initiatives • Salvation Army • recession depression

(Newser) - Catholics are pulling out all the stops to quash the Freedom of Choice Act, peppering Congress and the White House with postcards and letters. There’s just one problem: There is no Freedom of Choice Act. The bill has been introduced in years past, but it isn’t... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • abortion rights • Catholic • US Supreme Court • George W. Bush • pro-life • anti-abortion activists

 Pope to Meet 
 With Pro-Choice Pelosi 

Vatican grants audience to pro-choice House speaker as a politician rather than as a Catholic

Feb 17, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow, the Hill reports. Pelosi, who describes herself as an "ardent Catholic" but holds views on reproductive rights firmly at odds with the Vatican's position, is on an eight-day official trip to Italy. Vatican officials made... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Catholic

 Seminary 
 Axes 
 Holocaust 
 Denier 

Conservative society sacks bishop reinstated by pope

Feb 9, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Holocaust-denying bishop embroiled in controversy since Pope Benedict lifted his excommunication has been booted from his Argentine seminary, the Independent reports. Richard Williamson's ultra-conservative sect sacked him as seminary director as the Vatican increased pressure on the bishop to recant his controversial statements that Jews were not gassed during... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Holocaust • Jews • Vatican • Catholic • Richard Williamson

Cardinals Blast Pope on Holocaust Denier

Decision to re-instate bishop a 'disaster'
says Germany's top cardinal

Feb 4, 09 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XIV's reinstatement of a Holocaust-denying bishop has received some unusually harsh criticism from within the church, the Guardian reports. Germany's top-ranking cardinal has labeled the decision "a disaster" and called for the Pope to apologize. Cardinal Walter Kasper, who oversees the Vatican's relations with Judaism, says the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Vatican • Catholic • cardinals • Richard Williamson

Israeli Rabbis Cut Off Vatican Over Holocaust Dispute

Pope attempts to smooth ties with conciliatory remarks

Jan 28, 09 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s senior rabbinical body has severed ties with the Vatican, saying Bishop Richard Williamson should recant his statements denying that millions of Jews were "deliberately gassed" during the Holocaust. The chief rabbinate expressed “sorrow and pain” at the decision, which follows worldwide outrage among Jews and progressive... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Holocaust • Vatican • Catholic • Jewish • rabbi • Richard Williamson

Pope to Reinstate Bishop Who Denies Holocaust

Hardliner rejected Vatican reforms for being too tolerant of other faiths

Jan 23, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is planning to welcome four rebel bishops excommunicated by his predecessor back to the Catholic Church, reports the Times of London. The ultra-conservative bishops reject the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council. One of them, Richard Williamson, openly endorses the anti-semitic tract Protocols of the Elders ... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Judaism • excommunication • Catholic • bishop • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X

 Recession Packs 
 'Em in the Pews 

As the economy crumbles, churches witness burst of interest

Dec 14, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Hard times are emptying company payrolls and government coffers, but they’re big business for churches, reports the New York Times in a look at America's renewed Sunday-morning religious fervor. Since September, evangelical pastors in particular have reported a burst of interest and standing-room-only congregations. “It’s a wonderful... More »

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church • recession • Catholic • evangelicals • financial crisis

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