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In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Libya

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect. He also called on Europeans to welcome refugees from North Africa. "In heaven, all is peace and gladness. But, alas, all is not so on...

Confession iPhone App a High-Tech Shortcut to Absolution?

Broken one of the Ten Commandments lately? Tell your iPhone. A new Confession app is available for download in the iTunes App Store. Features include "ability to add sins not listed in standard examination of conscience," step-by-step guides to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and seven acts of contrition. The app, which...

Pope Says Marriage Is Not an Absolute Right

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI told priests Saturday to do a better job counseling would-be spouses to ensure their marriages last and said no one has an absolute right to a wedding. Benedict made the comments in his annual speech to the Roman Rota, the Vatican tribunal that decides marriage annulments. An annulment is...

Pope John Paul on the Fast Track to Sainthood

Less than a year ago, the memory of Pope John Paul II, thought to be one of the most beloved pontiffs in history, was tarnished by some of the allegations in a Catholic sex abuse scandal that swept Europe and shook the Vatican to its very foundation. But today Pope Benedict XVI placed John Paul on the fast track to...

Islamic Leader to Pope on Blasphemy: Mind Your Own Business

An influential Islamic leader says Pope Benedict XVI should mind his own business after the pontiff called on Pakistan to repeal its anti-blasphemy laws. "The pope has given a statement today that has not only offended the 180 million Muslims in Pakistan, it has also hurt the sentiments of the entire Islamic world," said...

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The Kids Are Alright: Gay parents raising children

We see them strolling through our neighborhoods, participating in our PTA meetings, and, perhaps most notably, appearing on our TV screens: Mitchell and Cam, fathers to Lily, on the ratings smash Modern Family ; Glee's Sue Sylvester, expectant mom to a baby conceived with an as-yet-unrevealed sperm donor, and Rachel's...

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Caryl Rivers Condemns Vatican for 'Attack' on Nuns

The organization that represents Catholic nuns around the world, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, is for the time being silent about the Vatican's charge that nuns spend too much time on issues of poverty and social justice, and not enough on opposing same-sex marriage, contraception and abortion.

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Are the Pope's Nuns a Bunch of "Radical Feminists"?

It may seem odd to some that with all the problems and tensions in the world today, the Pope has chosen to rebuke American nuns for being more concerned about poverty and social justice issues than about abortion and gay marriage.

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05/30/12 Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia Source: The West Australian When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict in 2005, epithets like "God's Rottweiler" and "Panzerkardinal" suggested he would bring some German efficiency to the opaque Vatican bureaucracy, the Curia.
05/30/12 Pope attacks leaks scandal coverage, backs aides Source: The Oregon Herald Pope Benedict on Wednesday angrily denounced what he called false media coverage of a leaks scandal shaking the Vatican and expressed full trust in close aides under fire over the worst crisis in his papacy.
05/30/12 Pope beset by scandal, speaks of personal suffering Source: Irish Newspaper POPE Benedict, beset by the worst crisis of his papacy, today spoke of seeking consolation in faith for sufferings coming even from those closest to you.
05/30/12 News Headlines for Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Source: FOX - WJCL 28 The Coastal Source - Savannah GA Syrian ambassadors are banished from several countries, Mitt Romney wins the TX primary, and the former Rutgers student who secretly videotaped his roommate's homosexual encounter is sentenced...those stories top today's news headlines.
05/29/12 Leaks scandal a 'brutal attack' on Pope Source: ABC News - Australia The Vatican denounced the theft of secret papal documents as a "brutal" personal attack on Pope Benedict as a powerful group of cardinals hunted more culprits behind the biggest crisis of his pontificate.

Background on Pope Benedict

Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church, which includes the Latin Church and the twenty-two sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches.

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