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Catholic Church stories: 187 news summaries

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Pope Backtracks on Muslims

Benedict rebuilds demoted department the leads dialog with Islamic world

May 29, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pope applied some salve to wounded relations with the Muslim world yesterday after neglecting and then appearing to slander Islam in a speech last fall. In a surprising reversal, Benedict XVI announced he is restoring the Vatican department responsible for Muslim affairs, which he demoted in importance last year. More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican City • Catholic Church • religion • Vatican

House Dems Slam Pope's Threat

May 15, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of House Democrats bridled at Pope Benedict's recent suggestion that politicians who support abortion rights should be excommunicated, The Hill reports. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut led 18 legislators in condemning the Pope's comment, which "offends the very nature of the American experiment," according to their... More »

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abortion • Democrats • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Vatican • excommunication

Pope: Marxism, Capitalism Hold Latin America Back

Also, contraception and secularism

May 14, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI blamed both capitalism and Marxism for Latin America's problems in a speech yesterday in Brazil, the world's most Catholic nation. Benedict blamed Marxism for "a painful destruction of the human spirit," but also worried that capitalism gives rise to "degradation of personal dignity through... More »

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Latin America • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Brazil • Marxism • Catholicism

In Brazil, Pope Talks Tough
On Abortion

Benedict makes first visit to world's largest Catholic population

May 9, 07 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict brought the Catholic Church's stern anti-abortion message to Brazil today, weeks after Mexico City legalized the practice and as Brazil faintly contemplates doing the same. The Pope is on his first trip to Latin America—the fastest-expanding corner of his flock, but also one of the most precarious—... More »

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abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Catholicism

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

City leaders defy bitter opposition
from government and church

Apr 25, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions and offering them virtually free. The move by the city's predominantly leftist leadership was bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church and Mexico's conservative government, CNN reports. More »

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abortion • Latin America • Catholic Church • Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • rape • pro life • pro choice

Chocolate Christ  Show Cancelled

New York gallery
pulls sculpture after
Catholic outcry

Mar 31, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A  nude chocolate Christ, sans loincloth, was pulled from a midtown Manhattan gallery yesterday after torrent of complaints from offended Catholics . Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, which orchestrated the protest, said the sculpture, intended for display during Holy Week,  was "one of the worst assaults... More »

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Catholic Church • Bill Donohue • protests • sculpture • Christ • Catholic League

King Cozies
Up to Pope

Don King gets
ringside seat,
offers Benedict XVI
a boxing belt

Mar 22, 07 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tonsorially tamed Don King took the stage Wednesday in front of an atypical audience–the Pope. The legendary boxing promoter, who spent four years in jail for manslaughter, was denied a personal audience with his Holiness, but did manage to hand the pontiff a handwritten set of prayer requests–... More »

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Don King • Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Vatican City • Luca Messi • Bergamo • St. Mary Major Basilica • boxing • Catholic Church • Catholicism

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