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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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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Vatican • apology • Rev. Federico Lombardi • Richard Williamson

 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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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • priest sex abuse • Archdiocese of New York • Timothy Dolan

 Pope Scolds Pelosi on Abortion 

Pelosi aides, Vatican have differing take on meeting

Feb 18, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict didn't beat around the bush in his short meeting with Nancy Pelosi today. He lectured the Catholic House speaker about her liberal views on abortion and assisted suicide, the Vatican says. Pelosi's aides, however, focused on brighter moments: She showed the pontiff photos of her grandkids and discussed... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • assisted suicide • Bill Maher Grid

 Pope to Meet 
 With Pro-Choice Pelosi 

Vatican grants audience to pro-choice House speaker as a politician rather than as a Catholic

Feb 17, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow, the Hill reports. Pelosi, who describes herself as an "ardent Catholic" but holds views on reproductive rights firmly at odds with the Vatican's position, is on an eight-day official trip to Italy. Vatican officials made... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Catholic

Vatican Makes Peace With Darwin

Church officials now
say evolution theory
fits with beliefs

Feb 11, 09 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican is clarifying that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with its doctrine after all, the Times of London reports. The Church never officially condemned Darwin, but his views have been controversial with some because they present a radically different image of the origins of species than what's... More »

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evolution • Catholic Church • Christianity • creationism • Vatican • intelligent design • Charles Darwin • theology

'Italy's Terri Schiavo' Dies 

Lawmakers were debating PM's bill against euthanasia when news broke

Feb 9, 09 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who sparked debate over right-to-die laws in Italy has died after 17 years in a coma, the Times of London reports. Italian lawmakers, led by PM Silvio Berlusconi, were debating an emergency bill to keep Eluana Englaro alive at the time. The law would forbid carers of those... More »

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Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma • Eluana Englaro • vegetative state • Bill Maher Grid

Bishop Will 'Look Into' Holocaust Record

Williamson yield after d

Feb 9, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure to recant his Holocaust denial, Bishop Richard Williamson promises to crack open the history books. “Historical evidence is at issue, not emotions," he told Der Spiegel. "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time." Williamson said his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • excommunication • Auschwitz • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X • Richard Williamson • denial • Leuchter report

OPINION

Pope's German Honeymoon
Is Kaput

Bungling over rebel bishop squandered nation's pride in pontiff

Feb 5, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The first German pope in nearly 500 years has lost the confidence of Germans as swiftly as a collapsing mortgage lender, Alexander Smoltcyzk writes in Der Spiegel. The scandal surrounding the reinstatement of Holocaust denying Bishop Richard Williamson has done lasting damage to the pope's authority and reputation, replacing the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Germany • Holocaust • Germans • Catholics • Richard Williamson

Cardinals Blast Pope on Holocaust Denier

Decision to re-instate bishop a 'disaster'
says Germany's top cardinal

Feb 4, 09 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XIV's reinstatement of a Holocaust-denying bishop has received some unusually harsh criticism from within the church, the Guardian reports. Germany's top-ranking cardinal has labeled the decision "a disaster" and called for the Pope to apologize. Cardinal Walter Kasper, who oversees the Vatican's relations with Judaism, says the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Vatican • Catholic • cardinals • Richard Williamson

Coverup Probe Launched in LA Archdiocese Abuse Cases

Cardinal may face fraud charges for failing to protect parishioners

Jan 29, 09 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal authorities are investigating whether top officials of the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of minors by priests, sources tell the Los Angeles Times. Cardinal Roger Mahony and other leaders may face fraud charges for failing to keep children safe by improperly dealing with... More »

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Catholic Church • child molestation • Cardinal Roger M. Mahony • archdiocese • priest sex abuse • Catholic priest

Pope to Reinstate Bishop Who Denies Holocaust

Hardliner rejected Vatican reforms for being too tolerant of other faiths

Jan 23, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is planning to welcome four rebel bishops excommunicated by his predecessor back to the Catholic Church, reports the Times of London. The ultra-conservative bishops reject the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council. One of them, Richard Williamson, openly endorses the anti-semitic tract Protocols of the Elders ... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Judaism • excommunication • Catholic • bishop • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X

Chavez Cronies Hit Vatican HQ 
With Tear Gas

Supporters also attack opponents of lifting term limits for leader

Jan 20, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Supporters of Hugo Chavez have claimed responsibility for a tear gas attack on the Vatican's headquarters in Caracas, reports CNN. Three canisters landed deep inside the building, which has been sheltering an anti-Chavez student leader wanted by police since June. Several people were overcome by fumes. Gas attacks elsewhere in... More »

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Venezuela • Catholic Church • Caracas • Hugo Chávez • tear gas

 Pope Calls for Peace 
 in Christmas Speech 

Middle East, Africa conflicts must be resolved: Benedict

Dec 25, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI passionately called for peace in the Holy Land during his annual Christmas message, delivered from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. “The horizon seems once again bleak for Israelis and Palestinians,” he said, praying for hope against war, terrorism, and injustice. He also appealed... More »

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Africa • Middle East • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • children • Rome • Christmas • sermon

 Critics Rip Pope's 
 'Homophobic' Speech 

Pontiff's call for defense of gender roles seen as stoking homophobia

Dec 24, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Gay and Christian groups have slammed Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that defending the “natural order” of man and woman is as important as protecting the rainforests, the Times of London reports. British Catholic leaders have countered that the pontiff didn’t explicitly mention homosexuality in his annual Christmas speech,... More »

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gender • Pope Benedict XVI • homophobia • Catholic Church • homosexuality • Catholicism • gender roles • clergy • gays

 Pope: Save Rainforest 
 —and Heterosexuality, Too 

Benedict's Christmas message decries erosion of 'traditional' gender roles

Dec 23, 08 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI used a Christmas address today to call for a defense of heterosexuality, which he suggested was as endangered as the rainforest.  He called homosexuality and deviance from gender norms "a destruction of God's work." The pontiff said "the tropical forests do deserve our... More »

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gender • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • transexualism • religion • homosexuality • gender roles • gays

 'Vati-Con' Agrees to Pay $3.6M 

Ann Hathaway's ex says he wants to repay fraud victims, but may be too broke

Dec 16, 08 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Raffaello Follieri, the jailed ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway who used alleged connections to the pope to scam investors, has agreed to return $3.6 million to victims, including two priests and celeb-billionaire Ron Burkle. It’s a small chunk of the $13 million the “Vati-Con” is accused of... More »

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fraud • Catholic Church • Ron Burkle • Vatican • real estate development • money laundering • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

Vatican Condemns Cloning, Morning-After Pill

Get out of here with your fancy science, church says

Dec 12, 08 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Embryos deserve “the dignity proper to a person,” the Vatican declared today in an uncompromising doctrinal declaration on reproductive science, its first in more than 20-years. The long-awaited document condemns everything from embryonic stem-cell research to human cloning to the morning-after pill, which falls “within the sin... More »

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stem cell research • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • cloning • morning after pill • artificial insemination

Maria Shriver: Why I'm a
'Cafeteria Catholic'

'Good standing' Catholic opposes church positions on gays, divorce and choice

Nov 16, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - California First Lady Maria Shriver likes the "compassion and justice of Jesus Christ" advanced by her Catholic religion, but can't abide the church's positions on gays, divorce and a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, she reveals in a Washington Post interview. "I'm... More »

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abortion • California • gay marriage • divorce • Catholic Church • Arnold Schwarzenegger • communion • Maria Shriver • gays • Roman Catholic Church

Priest: No Communion
for Obama Voters

Catholic authorities repudiate priest who told Obama supporters to do penance

Nov 15, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - South Carolina's Catholic authorities have overruled a priest who told Obama voters they weren't fit to partake in Holy Communion, the Greenville News reports. The priest wrote in a church bulletin that voting for a pro-choice candidate constituted "cooperation with intrinsic evil" and urged Obama voters to do penance... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Catholic Church • priest • communion • Election 2008 • Catholic priest

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

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