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  • November 2007

    • Blair to Convert to Catholicism

      Newsweek  |  Nov 10, 07 2:36 PM CST

      Blair to Convert to Catholicism

      (Newser) - Tony Blair will officially become a Catholic in the next few weeks, a Catholic newspaper says, after years of signing off on Anglican appointments as prime minister. The conversion isn't a shock—Blair often attended Mass with his Catholic wife and child. But the Church of England’s official status, along with British disdain for mixing religion and politics, kept Blair from converting in office. More »

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      religion  • Catholic Church  • England  • Tony Blair  • Anglican Church

    • Pull Over, Father

      Der Spiegel  |  Nov 3, 07 5:08 PM CDT

      Pull Over, Father

      (Newser) - Irish priests are carping about a government proposal to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers from .08 to .05, fearing that communion wine may make them legally drunk. “I don't like to use the word wine, as it is Christ's blood,” says one priest, “but it still has all the characteristics of wine when in the blood stream.” Non-alcoholic vino is no option, he adds, for it requires case-by-case church approval.  More »

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      Catholic Church  • wine  • drunk driving  • Catholicism  • Ireland  • mass

  • October 2007

    • Anti-Franco Fights Erupt at Vatican Ceremony

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Oct 29, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Anti-Franco Fights Erupt at Vatican Ceremony

      (Newser) - Old wounds were ripped open and fights erupted yesterday as the Vatican beatified 498 priests and nuns killed in the Spanish Civil War. Scuffles between Catholics and leftists broke out near the Vatican's largest-ever beatification ceremony in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican, which supported dictator Francisco Franco during the war, considers the clergy, killed by leftist militias, to be martyrs. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • clergy  • beatification  • Spanish Civil War

    • Priest Gets Life for 'Dirty War' Crimes

      BBC  |  Oct 10, 07 9:03 AM CDT

      Priest Gets Life for 'Dirty War' Crimes

      (Newser) - A former Roman Catholic priest  who delivered dozens of Argentines to the former military junta was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. Christian von Wernich, 69, passed his parishioners’ confessions to police during the so-called "Dirty War,"  leading to 7 murders, 42 abductions and 31 cases of torture, according to the BBC. Survivors say he watched torture sessions, absolving police of blame. More »

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      Catholic Church  • junta  • Argentina  • Dirty War

  • September 2007

    • Catholic Leader: Condoms in Africa Carry HIV

      BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 12:19 PM CDT

      Catholic Leader: Condoms in Africa Carry HIV

      (Newser) - Catholic opposition to condom use as an AIDS preventive in Africa took a bizarre turn yesterday when a respected archbishop in Mozambique charged that condoms imported from Europe had been deliberately infected with HIV. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio made his comments at an Independence Day celebration and reiterated them to the BBC. More »

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      Catholic Church  • AIDS  • HIV  • condom  • abstinence  • Mozambique

    • 6 Ark. Nuns Excommunicated

      Associated Press  |  Sep 27, 07 11:32 AM CDT

      6 Ark. Nuns Excommunicated

      (Newser) - Six Arkansas nuns have been booted from the Catholic Church for refusing to renounce the Army of Mary, a sect the Vatican deems heretical for its founder’s claim to be the reincarnation of the virgin. “We know we are doing the right thing,” said an 82-year-old nun. “We pray that the church will open their eyes before it is too late.” More »

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      Catholic Church  • Vatican  • Catholicism  • Arkansas  • excommunication

    • Did Docs Speed Pope's Death?

      Time  |  Sep 23, 07 5:31 PM CDT

      Did Docs Speed Pope's Death?

      (Newser) - An Italian doctor is claiming that Pope John Paul II’s 2005 death was hastened by measures that would qualify as euthanasia—a practice the Catholic Church condemns. She believes the Vatican stressed the Pope’s breathing problems in public reports to conceal the real threat to his life, which was difficulty swallowing. A feeding tube was finally inserted days before his death—intentionally too late, she claims. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Vatican  • Pope John Paul II

    • German Cardinal Uses Nazi Term to Describe Art

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 07 4:21 PM CDT

      German Cardinal Uses Nazi Term to Describe Art

      (Newser) - Germans are in an uproar after an archbishop labeled some modern art “degenerate,” the same word Nazis used to persecute artists. A spokesman for Cardinal Joachim Meisner said the archbishop didn’t intend to acknowledge “old ideologies,” but the BBC says the term was precisely scripted because it has only one connotation in Germany, where the Nazi legacy is still taboo. More »

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      Germany  • art  • Catholic Church  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • modern art

    • Mugabe Critic Quits Over Sex Scandal

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 12, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Mugabe Critic Quits Over Sex Scandal

      (Newser) - An archbishop and prominent critic of Robert Mugabe's regime has resigned his Catholic Church leadership position after being accused of having an affair with a married woman. Pius Ncube remains a bishop, and his supporters say they see the authoritarian Zimbabwean regime behind the scandal, which Ncube calls "a state-driven, vicious attack," the LA Times reports. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • scandals  • Catholic Church  • sex scandal  • human rights  • Vatican  • resignation

    • Pope Honors Holocaust Victims

      BBC  |  Sep 7, 07 5:05 PM CDT

      Pope Honors Holocaust Victims

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute today to the 65,000 Austrian victims of the Holocaust at the start of his three-day visit to Austria, BBC reports. Alongside Jewish leaders, the pontiff expressed “sadness, repentance, and friendship” at a monument honoring those killed by the Nazis. Benedict tomorrow leads a pilgrimage to an 850-year-old Catholic shrine outside Vienna, according to VOA. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Nazi  • Austria  • Holocaust  • Jews  • Vienna

    • 100 Years of Anti-Modernism

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 07 1:41 PM CDT

      100 Years of Anti-Modernism

      (Newser) - Pope Pius X's encyclical "Pascendi Dominici Gregis" turns 100 years old next week. The  document decried so-called "modernists" in the Church who looked to new discoveries and theories about human experience and desire to explain religious belief. The ensuing purge of Catholic thinkers did not relent until Paul VI ended the mandated "Anti-Modernist Oath" in 1967. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Vatican  • Catholicism  • encyclical

  • August 2007

    • Your Credit's Good With God

      Boston Herald  |  Aug 27, 07 1:41 AM CDT

      Your Credit's Good With God

      (Newser) - Franciscan friars have another deep question to ask their congregation: Paper or plastic? The brothers of St. Anthony's Shrine in Boston have installed a wireless kiosk allowing their flock to make contributions with credit or debit cards. The service is provided by SecureGive.com, created by a Georgia minister and his wife in an effort to keep up with cashless times. More »

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      religion  • Catholic Church  • credit card  • donation

    • Mother Teresa Tormented by Long, Dark Night of The Soul

      Time  |  Aug 24, 07 6:01 AM CDT

      Mother Teresa Tormented by Long, Dark Night of The Soul

      (Newser) - Even as she was selflessly ministering to the poor, Mother Teresa felt nothing of God’s presence, according to stunning personal letters published in a new book and this week’s TIME magazine. The nun wrote of a great “silence and emptiness” and the “pain and darkness” in her soul during a spiritual crisis that haunted the last half century of her life. More »

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      religion  • Catholic Church  • God  • spirituality  • Mother Teresa

    • France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      BBC  |  Aug 10, 07 4:34 PM CDT

      France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      (Newser) - Catholic and Jewish prayers rang out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today during the funeral of the former archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, who died Sunday at 80. A convert from Judaism whose mother died at Auschwitz, he was known for his tireless work to bridge his two faiths, and thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Catholic Church  • death  • Catholicism  • funeral  • Judaism  • Notre Dame  • archbishop  • Auschwitz

  • July 2007

    • Religious Pilgrims Perish in Bus Crash

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 07 12:38 PM CDT

      Religious Pilgrims Perish in Bus Crash

      (Newser) - Twenty-six people died and 24 were injured today when a bus carrying religious pilgrims plunged off a bridge in the French Alps. Forty-nine Polish nationals and two drivers were on a tour of European Roman Catholic shrines when their coach slammed through a wall onto a riverbank and burst into flames, the Times of London reports. More »

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      France  • Catholic Church  • Poland  • pilgrims

    • Pizza Mogul Orders Town, University

      USA Today  |  Jul 19, 07 11:19 AM CDT

      Pizza Mogul Orders Town, University

      (Newser) - Ten years in the making, Ave Maria University and the eponymous town built around it by Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan will open Saturday. Monaghan is a devout Catholic, and the university—and to some extent the town—will reflect that. Intended as what Monaghan calls a "fresh, faithful voice" in Catholic education, the project has been controversial. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Catholic education  • Domino's Pizza  • Ave Maria  • Tom Monaghan

    • Heaven Can Wait, and So Must Research

      BBC  |  Jul 17, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      Heaven Can Wait, and So Must Research

      (Newser) - Despite rumblings from anxious researchers, the Vatican Library has closed its doors for at least 3 years to undergo renovations after an inspection this year revealed that the structure couldn’t support the weight of its books. Reading rooms were unusually full last week, the BBC reports, as researchers got in as much work as possible with time ticking down. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • research  • Rome  • academia  • Vatican Library

    • Mass Embarrassment: Priests Need Latin Lessons

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 16, 07 5:59 AM CDT

      Mass Embarrassment: Priests Need Latin Lessons

      (Newser) - Traditionalist Catholics have lauded Pope Benedict's recent call for more Masses in Latin, but priests are biting their nails—few of them know enough of the language to say a Latin Mass. Even Italian priests face embarrassment in the wake of Pope Benedict 's decision to allow Latin services at parishioners' request, the Italian daily La Stampa reports. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Catholicism  • language  • Mass  • Latin Mass

    • LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 16, 07 4:51 AM CDT

      LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

      (Newser) - Cardinal Roger Mahony publicly apologized yesterday to the 508 plaintiffs in a sexual-abuse lawsuit the archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to settle for a record $660 million. Mahony, who met privately with many of the victims abused by clergy, said he wished their lives were like a videotape—"we could put the tape in and delete these years of difficulty and misery." More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • Catholic Church  • sexual abuse  • clergy abuse scandal

    • $650M Deal to Settle Clergy Abuse Charges

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 14, 07 9:20 PM CDT

      $650M Deal to Settle Clergy Abuse Charges

      (Newser) - The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is on the verge of an agreement to spend $650 million to settle more than 500 claims of alleged sex abuse against Roman Catholic clergy, the Los Angeles Times reports. The deal, which would be the largest settlement in the 5-year-old clergy-abuse scandal, comes as the first of the cases is sceduled to go to trial Monday. More »

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      Catholic Church  • clergy abuse scandal  • Cardinal Roger M. Mahony

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