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Catholic Church Criticizes Spain For Plans To Liberalize Abortion
santiago de compostela, spain - the catholic church on friday criticized spain's socialist government for its plans to liberalize the country's abortion law. cardinal william joseph levada, who serves as prefect of the vatican's congregation of the d...
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Vatican Reopens 'end-of-life' Debate - Times Of India
london- forty years after the concept of brain death was established, the vatican city has reopened the debate over whether the cessation of all brain functions marks the definitive end of life. the roman catholic church had adopted brain death, and ...
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Violating Cardinal Newman's Wishes - Guardian Unlimited
the vatican wants to exhume and rebury cardinal john henry newman in a new tomb in birmingham oratory church, in preparation for him being made a saint later this year. the vatican is embarrassed that newman is currently buried in the same grave as ...
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Kenya: Catholic Church Retracts Claims On Otunga Beatification
the archdiocese of nairobi has clarified that it never requested the vatican for early commencement of the process to beatify its former archbishop, the late maurice michael cardinal otunga.
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Proposed Statue Puts Vatican In Bind
vatican city – the roman catholic church has for centuries commissioned statues of saints and other pious heroes. it's now wrestling with a more sensitive tribute – a monument to a man who may be its most illustrious heretic.
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Pope Benedict Carries Organ Donor Card As 'an Act Of Love' - Times Online
pope benedict xvi is a card-carrying organ donor, it emerged today. the disclosure that the pontiff is prepared to donate organs for transplants after his death follows a front page article in the vatican newspaper, l'osservatore romano , calling ...
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Opinion: What Would Newman Make Of The Church Today? - Catholic Online
london (uk catholic herald) - with the approach of cardinal john henry newman's beatification we can hope soon for his canonisation, an important event for the universal church because newman will certainly then become a doctor of the church. often ...
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Papal Organist To Perform Thursday
a garden city beach church welcomes the public thursday to an organ recital by an american who plays at papal masses. james goettsche, the principal organist for the vatican basilica of st. peter, will perform at 7 p.m. thursday at st. michael catholic church, on cypress avenue, off u.s. 17 business. admission is free. the scheduled program, according to information from the church, comprises ...
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Madonna's Pope Tribute
madonna has upset catholics by dedicating 'like a virgin' to the pope at her concert in rome on saturday. the singer's shock tribute to pope benedict xvi, the head of the church, has been labelled "disrespectful" by the catholic community.
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Priest Ordered To Give Up Seat - Globe And Mail
ottawa — the vatican has ordered an outspoken bloc québécois mp to quit his seat in the house of commons and return to his job as a roman catholic priest. rev. raymond gravel said the decision was due to a backlash in english canada over his ...
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Priest Mp Leaves Politics After Pressure From Vatican - Cbc News
rev. raymond gravel will not seek re-election, after the vatican asked him to choose between the church and public office. (cbc) bloc québécois mp raymond gravel has decided not to run in the next federal election after the vatican forced him to ...
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Participants For Word Of God Synod
vatican city, sept. 8, 2008 ( zenit.org ).- here is the list of participants benedict xvi appointed for the 12th general assembly of the synod of bishops, to be held oct. 5-26 in the vatican. the theme is "the word of god in the life and mission of the church."
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San Albino Basilica Ceremonies Set For Oct. 31, Nov. 1
to view the basilica of san albino website, click here. las cruces — plans are being finalized for events that will involve the formal elevation of san albino catholic church in mesilla as a minor basilica.
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Catholic Church Criticizes Spain For Plans To Liberalize Abortion - Monsters And Critics
santiago de compostela, spain - the catholic church on friday criticized spain's socialist government for its plans to liberalize the country's abortion law. cardinal william joseph levada, who serves as prefect of the vatican's congregation of the ...
www.monstersandcritics.com

A Close Look At Changes To The Catholic Liturgy - Religionblog.dallasnews.com
the words in the catholic mass are changing, again. over the protests of some liberal american prelates, the vatican and the us conference of catholic bishops recently approved changes to the english translation of the central prayers of the liturgy ...
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Madonna Dedicates "like A Virgin" To Pope In Rome
pop star madonna, once accused by the vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, dedicated her hit "like a virgin" to the pope at a sold-out concert in rome over the weekend.
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Mccain Campaign Courts Critical Catholic Vote - St. Louis Post-dispatch
st. paul, minn. (ap) -- shortly after a priest's opening prayer and a screening of a short film on john mccain's faith, sen. sam brownback stepped to the microphone and didn't waste words. "just to get to the whole meat of the matter, the catholic ...
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San Albino Basilica Ceremonies Coming Soon (3 P.m.)
las cruces — plans are being finalized for events that will involve the formal elevation of san albino catholic church in mesilla as a minor basilica.
www.lcsun-news.com

Priest Mp Leaves Politics After Pressure From Vatican
bloc québécois mp raymond gravel has decided not to run in the next federal election after the vatican forced him to choose between parliament and the catholic church.
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Vatican Denies It’s Trying To Redefine Death - Reuters Blogs
the vatican has caused a stir by appearing to want to redefine death and then denying any such thing . if where there’s smoke, there’s fire, we haven’t heard the end of this yet. it all started with a front-page article in the vatican daily l ...
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