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According to the Times Online, 400,000 former Anglicans are willing to embrace Catholicism under the apostolic constitution announced by Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope's decision to allow Anglicans to join into full communion with Roman Catholics while retaining elements of their Anglican identity is a cynical move to bolster the roles of the Catholic church. In short, the Pope is inviting the most intolerant of Anglicans: the sexist, the misogynist, the homophobic, into the Catholic church.According to the Times Online, 400,000 former Anglicans are willing to embrace... more
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The Vatican is welcoming Anglican homophobes and misogynists into the Catholic Church. The Vatican is creating a fast track to conversion for Anglicans who disapprove of homosexuality and female clergy, for Anglicans who cling to the good old days of ignorance, intolerance and hate. For the catholic church, those good old days just never stopped.The Vatican is welcoming Anglican homophobes and misogynists into the Catholic Church.... more
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A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he hailed as heroes of holiness.A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been... more
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Sell the Vatican-feed the world! Sarah Silverman makes a powerful proposal to end world hunger by selling the Vatican. Silverman, estimating the Vatican's worth at 500 billion dollars, makes a powerful argument for the Pope to become a caped crusader. By selling the Vatican, and using the profits to feed the poor, the Pope could be a hero. As a bonus, Silverman promises the Pope that "any involvement in the Holocaust—bygones."
What a deal! How could the Pope refuse?Sell the Vatican-feed the world! Sarah Silverman makes a powerful proposal to end... more
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Pope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa.
Opening a three-week synod of African bishops, he said political colonialism was over.
But he said the continent was afflicted by an export of the "so-called 'first world'... [the] toxic spiritual rubbish" of materialism.
"In this context, the political colonialism is never finished," the Pope said.
He said Africa also suffered increasing religious fundamentalism, in the form of religious groups which "act on behalf of God" but "teach intolerance and violence".
Almost 200 bishops from 53 African states have gathered to discuss how the Catholic Church can help resolve the continent's social injustices and wars.
The Pope says he will attend as many of the working sessions of the synod as possible, his other duties permitting.
This is one of the more tolerant and enlightened things that I've seen a Pope get involved in. With more and more Africans becoming Catholics, what could this mean for the African people and for Africa itself?Pope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa.... more
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The Pope blames atheists for global warming. Pope Benedict is claiming atheists are responsible for the destruction of the environment. The Pope made the claims in a recent speech given at the Vatican. The claim is a puzzling attack on atheism that frankly makes little sense.The Pope blames atheists for global warming. Pope Benedict is claiming atheists are... more
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In Italy the news can be reported only by one point of view. And this time it's the Vatican the one can makes the difference. Being a good journalist is not important, anymore. So Roberto Balducci, Vatican journalist of Tg3, will non longer follow the Vatican because of a phrase somebody didn't like.
The question is: in this exchange between Vatican and the director of tg3, what gets the public??In Italy the news can be reported only by one point of view. And this time it's the... more
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Pope Benedict XVI emerged smiling from the hospital Friday after undergoing surgery for a broken wrist due to a fall at his Alpine vacation chalet. Doctors said his right arm would be in a cast for a month.Pope Benedict XVI emerged smiling from the hospital Friday after undergoing surgery... more
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Anthology of the third encyclical of this pontificate, signed on June 29, 2009, and made public on July 7, "on integral human development in charity and truth" by Benedict XVIAnthology of the third encyclical of this pontificate, signed on June 29, 2009, and... more
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Benedict XVI gave a personal commentary on his third encyclical today, dedicating the general audience to a consideration of "Caritas in Veritate."Benedict XVI gave a personal commentary on his third encyclical today, dedicating the... more
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,Today I wish to reflect on my Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. Some forty years after Pope Paul VIs Encyclical Populorum Progressio...Dear Brothers and Sisters,Today I wish to reflect on my Encyclical, Caritas in... more
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"There is a strongly felt need... for a reform of the United Nations Organisation, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth... there is urgent need of a true world political authority," the Pope wrote.
The strengthened international body should work "to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace, to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration," Benedict said.
The letter, addressed to all Catholics "and people of goodwill", reminds them of their moral duties in financial dealings.
"Profit is useful if it serves as a means toward an end," he wrote.
"Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and creating poverty."
He warned that globalisation, properly managed, could "open up the unprecedented possibility of large-scale redistribution of wealth on a world-wide scale".
But badly directed, it could "lead to an increase in poverty and inequality, and could even trigger a global crisis"."There is a strongly felt need... for a reform of the United Nations Organisation, and... more
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Entitled Caritas In Veritate (Love in Truth) , parts of the encyclical appeared bound to upset conservatives because of its underlying rejection of unbridled capitalism and unregulated market forces, which he said had led to "thoroughly destructive" abuse of the system.
The Pope said every economic decision has a moral consequence and called for "forms of redistribution" of wealth overseen by governments to help those most affected by crises.Entitled Caritas In Veritate (Love in Truth) , parts of the encyclical appeared bound... more
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The first-ever scientific test on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul "seems to confirm" that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.
It was the second major discovery concerning St. Paul announced by the Vatican in as many days.
On Saturday, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano announced the June 19 discovery of a fresco inside another tomb depicting St. Paul, which Vatican officials said represented the oldest known icon of the apostle.
Benedict said archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome, which for some 2,000 years has been believed by the faithful to be the tomb of St. Paul.
Benedict said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century.
"This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul," Benedict said, announcing the findings at a service in the basilica to mark the end of the Vatican's Paoline year, in honor of the apostle.The first-ever scientific test on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle... more
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It started already in the first century AC when the assemblies became divided...
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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass outside of Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday after two days in Israel spent navigating the currents of the region’s conflicts and appealing for reconciliation.
The visit was seen as part of an attempt to repair Israel-Vatican ties which have been strained over his backing for the beatification of controversial Nazi-era Pope Pius XII and reinstating a Holocaust-denying bishop.
But critics pointed out the German-born pope failed to ask forgiveness for the Holocaust and insisted he displayed no emotion as he delivered his speech.
“All that was asked of you was to say a short, authoritative and moving sentence. All you had to do was to express regret. That’s all we wanted to hear,” the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily said in an editorial.
The Vatican meanwhile struck out at what it said were false media reports that Benedict had been drafted into the Hitler Youth in 1941.
Makes you wonder about the Catholic Church...JERUSALEM (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass outside of Jerusalem’s Old... more
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JERUSALEM - Pope Benedict XVI confronted the dark history of his native Germany on the first day of his visit to Israel on Monday, shaking the hands of six Holocaust survivors and saying victims of the genocide "lost their lives but they will never lose their names."JERUSALEM - Pope Benedict XVI confronted the dark history of his native Germany on the... more
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Pope Benedict XVI formally apologized at the Vatican to Canadian Indians for abuse by missionaries from the 19th century until the 1970s.
The pontiff made the apology for the physical and sexual abuse Wednesday at a meeting with Canadian aboriginals, some in full ceremonial headdresses, CTV News reported.Pope Benedict XVI formally apologized at the Vatican to Canadian Indians for abuse by... more
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Greed, which views possession and appearance as the most important things in the world, is the real root of the current global economic crisis. Benedict XVI again today pointed to a "vice" of the human heart as the profound cause of the economic situation.Greed, which views possession and appearance as the most important things in the... more
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