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Pope Benedict XVI stories: 191 news summaries

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 Pope With Condoms 


Thousands protest pontiff's claim that contraceptives don't halt HIV

Mar 28, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pope’s recent remark that condoms not only don’t prevent the spread of HIV but make it worse hasn’t earned him many friends on Facebook, CNN reports. Almost a dozen groups have sprung up in protest of the pontiff’s scientifically inaccurate statement, with thousands of Facebookers—... More »

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(Newser) - The UK's most prestigious medical journal has joined the condemnation of Pope Benedict’s comments on contraception, the Financial Times reports. “By saying that condoms exacerbate the problem of HIV/AIDS, the Pope has publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue," says an... More »

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 2 Teens Die in Pope Stampede 


Mar 22, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two teenage girls were killed in a wild stampede as people rushed to view Pope Benedict in Angola yesterday, reports the Times of London. Some 30,000 people raced into a stadium where the pope spoke at a youth rally. The teenagers died at the scene and dozens were injured.... More »

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(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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Vatican Insiders Call Pope
'a Disaster'

Gaffe-prone and out-of-touch Benedict aggravates Holy See

Mar 20, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Benedict XVI continues his pilgrimage in Africa, sources inside the Vatican say that the pope's frequent gaffes and difficulties with modern communication are threatening to undermine him. One member of the Vatican told the Telegraph that Benedict is "a disaster" who is "out of touch with the... More »

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 Pope Must 
 Hide Cross at 
 Jerusalem 
 Site: Rabbi 

'I wouldn't go into a church wearing Jewish symbols,' Rabinovitch says

Mar 19, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem next month as a show of mutual understanding and sensitivity between Catholicism and Judaism—but a request from a prominent rabbi almost ensures he’ll offend someone, Time reports. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch said the pontiff should remove the cross... More »

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 Pope Draws 60K in Cameroon 


Mar 19, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roughly 60,000 people packed a soccer stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, today to hear Pope Benedict XVI’s first giant African mass, the BBC reports. The pontiff used his sermon to warn the throngs of the dangers of urbanization and materialism. Earlier, Benedict met with Cameroon’s Muslim leaders, and... More »

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 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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French Blast Pope's Anti-Condom Remarks

Condoms make Africa AIDS crisis worse, he had said

Mar 18, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irked by Pope Benedict’s anti-condom remarks in Africa, the French foreign ministry today called them “a threat to public health policies and the duty to protect human life” and voiced “extremely sharp concern over the consequences,” the BBC reports. The pontiff said on the first day... More »

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 Church Must Protect 
 Africa's Poor: Pope 

Pontiff praises growing church but worries about 'superstition'

Mar 18, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI set down strategy for his church in Africa today, telling bishops to protect the traditional values of the African family and to spare the poor from the impact of globalization. The pontiff, beginning his first African pilgrimage in Cameroon, also said that the exuberant local African rites... More »

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 Pope: Condoms Make 
 AIDS Crisis Worse 

On visit to Africa, pope makes first statement on their use

Mar 17, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Condoms are not the answer to Africa's fight against AIDS, and in fact exacerbate the epidemic, Pope Benedict said at the start of a 7-day visit to the continent today. It's the first explicit statement about condoms from the pontiff, who has said that the Roman Catholic Church is at... More »

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Pope Admits Fault in Holocaust Bishop Flap

Vatican vows to plug into how news spreads online

Mar 11, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict will release a personal letter to bishops tomorrow that explains why he reinstated an excommunicated Holocaust denier and expresses regret for how that news was delivered, the New York Times reports. In leaked passages, the pontiff admits mistakes and promises greater awareness in the future of how news... More »

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(Newser) - The Vatican is in a tizzy over President Obama’s decision to lift the federal ban on embryonic stem-cell research, the AP reports. A top official called it a “victory of politics over ethics” and said that “probably some drug companies, or some economic interests” influenced the move.... More »

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(Newser) - The Vatican’s newspaper appears to have come out in support of the washing machine as God’s greatest gift to women in the 20th century, Reuters reports. A weekend article in l'Osservatore Romano suggested that the time-saving gadget polls ahead of birth-control and suffrage in liberating the fairer sex.... More »

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The Church Wants U
2 Give Up Txting 4 Lent

Benedict thinks technology is ruining young lives

Mar 3, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re still deciding what to give up for Lent, the Catholic Church has a suggestion: How about Facebook? A handful of Italian dioceses have begun a "stop texting" campaign, the Times reports, urging young people to give up text messaging, Facebook, video games, and other such... More »

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(Newser) - The Vatican today rejected Bishop Richard Williamson’s so-called apology for his Holocaust beliefs, CNN reports, a mea culpa mandated by the Pope. “He must also distance himself in an absolutely unequivocal and public from his stand regarding the [Holocaust],” a spokesman said. Williamson said he regretted the... More »

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Health Activists Jab Vatican in Needle Exchange Battle

Officials call UN needle swap program 'anti-life'

Feb 27, 09 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - World health activists are blasting the Vatican for battling a UN statement that would support measures to protect the health of drug users, such as needle exchange programs, reports the Guardian. Vatican officials say the global push for such "harm reduction" policies leads to "liberalization of drug use,... More »

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 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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 Holocaust- 
 Denying Bish 
 Makes Fightin' Exit 

Bishop scuffles with newsman while complying with order to leave Argentina in Airport Face-Off

Feb 25, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Holocaust-denying British bishop Richard Williamson made an angry exit from Argentina today, the BBC reports. The bishop brandished a fist at a reporter and briefly scuffled with him as he passed through the airport. Williamson, who was ordered to leave Argentina when officials there learned of his views, arrived in... More »

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 Milwaukee's 
 Dolan 
 Named NY 
 Archbishop 

Genial but conservative leader succeeds Cardinal Egan

Feb 23, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The pope today named Timothy Dolan, who leads the archdiocese of Milwaukee, as the new Roman Catholic archbishop of New York. Dolan is 59, relatively young for promotion to such a prestigious seat—which normally comes with an elevation to cardinal. While he is doctrinally conservative, Dolan is less confrontational... More »

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