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Roman Catholicism stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - The Vatican has demanded that Bishop Richard Williamson, a Holocaust denier who was recently un-excommunicated, recant his views in order to serve in the Catholic Church, the BBC reports. Williamson was excommunicated 20 years ago for a separate transgression. The Church said the pope was unaware of his contrarian stance... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Angela Merkel • Germany • Holocaust • Vatican • excommunication • Roman Catholicism • Richard Williamson

 Pope to Kids:
 Spurn 'Spiritual Desert' 

Young should change lives of 'quiet despair,' Benedict pleads

Jul 20, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Divorced Berlusconi
 Challenges Communion Ban

He confronts startled bishop at mass

Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

US Clergy Tell Aussie Critic to Go Home

Bishop vows to keep slamming Vatican for sex abuse, celibacy

Jun 7, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

25K Teens
Rock at NY
Pope Rally

Kelly Clarkson opens before Benedict XVI blesses followers

Apr 19, 08 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 25,000 teens experienced Popemania today at a rocking rally in Yonkers, NY, the New York Daily News reports. After Kelly Clarkson belted out tunes, Benedict XVI emerged from a seminary meeting with disabled kids to receive gifts of bread and bless the crowd. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Kelly Clarkson • Popemobile • priest • priest sex abuse • Catholics • Roman Catholicism • Pope Benedict's US visit

Pope Prays for Healing After Abuse Scandal

Reassures clergy
of his "spiritual closeness" in NYC

Apr 19, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI spent the third anniversary of his election to the papacy trying to comfort clergy still weathering the fallout from the priest sex abuse scandal, the AP reports. “I simply wish to assure you of my spiritual closeness,” Benedict said. The pontiff, addressing 3,000 people... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • New York • Vatican • Christians • priest sex abuse • Roman Catholicism • Pope Benedict's US visit

 Abuse Victims
 Find Some Peace
 With Pope 

Tears and inspiration at long-sought meeting

Apr 18, 08 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Victims of sexual abuse yesterday exited a long-sought meeting with Pope Benedict XVI moved by his compassion and inspired by hope. "He apologized," one of them told CNN after the talk in a Washington chapel. "He seemed to intrinsically understand what we were talking about." Benedict... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • sexual abuse • UN General Assembly • Roman Catholicism • Rev. Federico Lombardi • Bernie McDaid • Olan Horne • Faith Johnston • Papal mass • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Nationals Park

Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

He urges bishops to 'foster healing' and work to improve trust

Apr 16, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI had strong words for America's Roman Catholic bishops today, asserting that the clerical sexual molestation scandal had been "very badly handled" in many cases, the AP reports. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • religion • child molestation • pedophile • culture • clergy abuse scandal • clergy • Catholics • bishop • Roman Catholicism • Pope Benedict's US visit

Domino's Founder Grows His Catholic-Friendly Town

After a year, Florida's Ave Maria boasts close to 1K residents

Apr 14, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a year after opening, Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s made-to-order Catholic town is growing. Although the 1,000 residents of Ave Maria, Fla., are not exclusively Catholic, the town wears it identity on its sleeve: The only coffee shop plays Mass on TV 24/7, and the bookstores prominently... More »

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Florida • Catholic Church • faith • Tom Monaghan • Domino's Pizza • Ave Maria • Catholic education • Catholicism • Roman Catholicism

America May See Soft
Side of Hardline Pope

Pontiff known to blend dogma with compassion

Apr 13, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is a known hardliner, but Americans may see his softer side during a 5-day US tour this week, the New York Times reports. During stops at the White House, United Nations, and various churches, Benedict will touch on abortion, divorce, war, and the priest sex-abuse scandals, but... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • religion • Vatican • Roman Catholicism

 NY, DC
  Prep for
 Papal Visit 

US teams ready churches, Yankee Stadium for holy trip

Apr 12, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may be the only man who can draw Mets fans to Yankee Stadium: Next week, Pope Benedict XVI will lead a stadium Mass on his 6-day tour of Washington, DC and New York. Before gracing second base, the Pontiff will celebrate his 81st birthday at the White House, and... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • New York City • Catholic Church • Washington DC • Yankee Stadium • mass • Roman Catholicism

Jews Outraged at Vatican Prayer

Anger over call for Jewish conversion

Feb 8, 08 4:15 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Jews • Vatican • Roman Catholicism • Cardinal Walter Kasper • Italian Rabbinical Assembly • Riccardo Di Segni

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