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  • July 2008

    • Pope to Kids: Spurn 'Spiritual Desert'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      Pope to Kids: Spurn 'Spiritual Desert'

      Pope Benedict XVI called on young Christians to revive spirituality by rejecting modern society's greed and materialism, AP reports. At a mass of 350,000 young pilgrims in Sydney, and a global TV audience of millions, the pope called for "a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy, and self-absorption which deadens our souls." The mass concluded a six-day World Youth festival, which drew crowds from 160 countries. More »

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      religion  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Christianity  • Sydney  • Roman Catholicism  • World Youth Day  • Mass  • pilgrims

  • June 2008

    • Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT

      Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from receiving the sacrament. The prime minister, who has been lobbying to halt his corruption trial, now has his sights set on Vatican policy, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • divorce  • Vatican  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Roman Catholicism  • communion  • remarriage  • Sardinia

    • US Clergy Tell Aussie Critic to Go Home

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 7, 08 6:52 PM CDT

      US Clergy Tell Aussie Critic to Go Home

      On orders from the Vatican, a dozen top US bishops have asked their Australian colleague to cancel his American book tour, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Geoffrey Robinson, former auxiliary bishop of Sydney, vows to keep on promoting Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church , which blames clergy sex abuse on the Vatican's policy of forced celibacy. More »

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      Australia  • Catholic Church  • priest sex abuse  • Roman Catholicism  • bishop  • Cardinal Roger M. Mahony

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Jews Outraged at Vatican Prayer

      newser  |  Time  |  Feb 8, 08 4:15 AM CST

      Jews Outraged at Vatican Prayer

      An updated version of a centuries-old Good Friday prayer has opened a rift between Roman Catholics and Jews. When Pope Benedict XVI reinstated the Latin mass, the Vatican promised to rewrite a controversial prayer calling for the conversion of Jews. But the new, merely toned-down version has infuriated Jewish leaders and threatens to set back decades of reconciliation between the faiths, reports Time . More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Jews  • Roman Catholicism  • Riccardo Di Segni

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