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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Prop 8 Reveals Churches' Fear of Strong Women

Religions fear the crumbling of 'male authority:' Rodriguez

Nov 26, 08 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Churches led the charge against Proposition 8 and gay marriage because of their insecurities over the breakdown of heterosexual families and the consequent rise of independent women, says gay author and devout Catholic Richard Rodriguez. Gays are scapegoats because they—like feminists—threaten "an alternative to the traditional male-structured... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • feminism • religion • Catholicism • Latinos • Proposition 8 • Richard Rodriguez

Catholics, Muslims Seek Common Ground at Vatican

Christian-Muslim talks emphasize common belief

Nov 4, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Clerics of the world’s two largest faiths are meeting at the Vatican this week to improve relations between the long-divided communities. Muslim clerics invited Christians to dialogue after comments Pope Benedict made in 2006 that implied Islam was violent and irrational. The mostly male Vatican members and imams will... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Catholicism • interfaith dialogue

John Paul Wounded in '82 Stabbing by Priest

Testimony reveals pope sustained injuries, covered up by Rome, in attack at Fatima

Oct 15, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope John Paul II was injured in a 1982 stabbing by a crazed priest, but the wound was kept secret until now, Reuters reports. The late pontiff was visiting a shrine in Portugal to give thanks for surviving an earlier assassination attempt when an ultra-conservative Spanish priest lunged at him... More »

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documentary • Catholicism • priest • Pope John Paul II • assassination attempt

Christianity in China Grows Quickly, Quietly

Government puts total enrollment at 21M; others say 130M

Oct 3, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite government restrictions, Christianity in China is widespread and growing. Authorities typically look the other way, occasionally applying pressure that only seems to spread religion's influence, reports the Economist. Most of the Protestant "house churches" consist of 25 people—the largest legal gathering—where new Christians lead newer converts... More »

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China • Christianity • religion • church • Catholicism • atheism • Protestantism • Chinese Communist party

French Muslims Find Freedom in Catholic Schools

Students get better education, and allowed to wear headscarf

Sep 30, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, but its strict separation of church and state means that Muslim girls are forbidden from wearing the headscarves in public schools. In response, many Muslims have turned to an unlikely solution: the nation's large network of Catholic schools. "There is respect for... More »

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Islam • Catholic Church • France • religion • Islamic veil • secularism • Catholicism • Muslim women • Marseille

Pope Calls for Holding Line
on Divorce

Benedict, in France, urges bishops to ignore trends

Sep 14, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI urged bishops to uphold the Catholic tradition of marriage today during a 150,000-strong mass in Lourdes, the French town where apparitions of Madonna reportedly appeared in 1858, AFP reports. Benedict pledged not to allow divorced Catholics into the church and told bishops to "uphold firmly,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • France • Catholicism • Lourdes Leon

Kennedy Scion's Book Probes Catholic Tension

Attempts to reconcile faith's teachings with modern life baffle many

Sep 8, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kerry Kennedy—the seventh of Bobby's 11 children—is taking on everything from clergy abuse to hierarchy in the Catholic Church in a book out tomorrow, the Boston Globe reports. In Being Catholic Now, the churchgoing 49-year-old interviews prominent Catholics like Nancy Pelosi, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Sheen about common... More »

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Catholic Church • Catholicism • Robert F. Kennedy • Ethel Kennedy • Kerry Kennedy • Being Catholic Now

Vatican Objects to Image of Frog on Crucifix

Calls it 'desecration,' but Italian museum won't take it down

Aug 28, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite objections from the pope, a sculpture of a crucified frog will continue to hang in an Italian museum, board officials said today. The Vatican slammed the work, called Feet First, as a blasphemous attack on Christianity. But museum officials cited artistic freedom and said its German creator considered the... More »

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art museum • Pope Benedict XVI • art • Italy • Vatican • sculpture • Catholicism

Aussie Court Strikes Down Law Banning Pope Protests

Law against 'annoying' Catholics attending papal events ruled unconstitutional

Jul 15, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian court has struck down a law aimed at curbing protests during Pope Benedict XVI's visit Down Under, reports Reuters. The law, ruled unconstitutional, had banned protesters from "annoying" those attending papal events. People handing out condoms or wearing anti-Pope t-shirts faced possible $5,000 fines. More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Australia • protests • Catholicism • Sydney • Catholic • freedom of speech • protesters

ANALYSIS

Obama Just Wants Evangelicals Not to Fear Him

Reassuring those unlikely to vote for him will cool opposition, could win over undecideds

Jun 27, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s plan to cut the Democrats' evangelical deficit (68%-30% in 2000, 78-21% in '04)? Convince the religious right he’s not the devil. That’s a “radically different” course from the one taken by John Kerry and Al Gore, what Jeff Greenfield, on Slate, calls a “... More »

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Barack Obama • John F. Kennedy • James Dobson • Ronald Reagan • Catholicism • evangelicals • Election 2008 • the religious vote

 Italian Churches Ban
 Da Vinci Code Prequel 

Howard, Hanks shut out of would-be shooting locations

Jun 16, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The diocese of Rome is branching out into film criticism and banning a DaVinci Code prequel from shooting in two of the city's churches because the first movie was “harmful to religious feeling,” the ANSA news agency reports. Like the original, Angels & Demons is directed by Ron... More »

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film • church • Catholicism • Da Vinci Code • production • Dan Brown • Ron Howard

Rumors From Vatican: Bush May Convert

Sit-down with pope sparks talk that prez could turn Catholic

Jun 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican yesterday, sparking rumors that the president may convert to Catholicism, the Telegraph reports. They spoke in a garden where the pontiff prays daily, not in the library where Benedict greets most world leaders. “What an honor!” said Bush,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • Catholicism • Jeb Bush • George W. Bush

OPINION

Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

But nice try, right wing

May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Kansas • Catholicism • Kathleen Sebelius • vice presidential sweepstakes

 Oh, Baby! 
 Jumpers 
 Ward Off 
 Devil  

Men dressed as demons soar over infants in festival

May 26, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men dressed as demons leapt over rows of placid babies in a Spanish village yesterday in a rite intended to protect them from evil spirits. During a festival marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi, infants lie on mattresses as long-jumpers in red-and-yellow costumes fly over them. No one was... More »

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Spain • baby • festival • Catholicism • Corpus Christi

 Pundit's Pontificating Draws Fire 

Maher sorry for Nazi jibe, but Catholics want scalp over cult remarks

Apr 21, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not for the first time, people are calling for Bill Maher's head—in this case for taking pot shots at Pope Benedict XVI on his HBO show. "If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader,"... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Hitler youth • sexual abuse • Catholicism • Bill Maher • Pope Benedict's US visit • Bill Maher Grid

Updated

 Pope Says Mass at Stadium 

Benedict remarks on 'pain' of sex abuse scandal in appearance before 46K

Apr 17, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington's Nationals Park was transformed into a church today as more than 46,000 gathered to hear Pope Benedict XVI say Mass. Beer stands were replaced with confessionals and choirs filled the outfield as the popemobile circled the bases, the Washington Post reports. Giving his homily in English and Spanish,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Washington DC • Catholicism • mass • Nationals stadium • Pope Benedict's US visit

US Catholics Like Benedict, but Not Rome

Poll shows faithful admire pontiff but find church out of sync

Apr 15, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his first visit to America, a Washington Post poll finds that the pontiff enjoys wide support among US Catholics. Nearly three in four say that they have a positive impression of Benedict. But the poll also reveals that most Catholics find the church out... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • religion • United States • 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

opinion

Benedict the Right Pope
for Right Now: Noonan

Internet pontiff succeeds TV phenomenon

Apr 11, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul II was an incredible Pope, but Benedict might be just what the world needs today, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. Benedict, who "lacks an immediately accessible flair," succeeded a telegenic "showman" who brought joy to the faithful. "John Paul... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • religion • Catholicism • Pope John Paul II • Peggy Noonan

OPINION

7 Deadly Sins? Try These On
for Size

PJ O'Rourke disagrees with Vatican, comes up with his own no-nos

Apr 10, 08 7:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican has released a list of seven new Deadly Sins, and satirist-curmudgeon PJ O’Rourke isn’t impressed. Writing in the Weekly Standard, O’Rourke details the updated catalogue, which includes “morally debatable experimentation,” “social inequality and injustice,” and “genetic manipulation.” Finding it... More »

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technology • globalization • Vatican • Catholicism • Seven Deadly Sins • P.J. O'Rourke

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