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21 Oct 2009 10:47

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World: Daily Poll: Catholics and Anglicans in a fight to the death

  • Yesterday, the Catholic Church announced a bold move to grab members from the Anglican Church, the offshoot of Catholicism created after King Henry VIII wasn’t allowed a divorce hundreds of years ago. A lot’s changed since then, most notably the Anglican church’s allowance of gay pastors and bishops, which has become a wedge issue that has many Anglicans looking elsewhere. Is this the way the Catholic party should be headed? Vote. source
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17 Jul 2009 08:11

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World: Holy crap! The Pope broke his wrist today

  • Pope Benedict XVI got ganked in a fall while on vacation. The world’s holiest guy (well, depending on your religion – for example, Rainn Wilson doesn’t swing that way) was injured while hanging out in his chalet in the mountainous Valle d’Aosta region of Italy. Vatican spokesman suggests it’s “nothing serious,” and the dude was able to eat a little breakfast and have mass before he went to the hospital. Though, we just have to wonder: Does el Popearino have killer health insurance? If not, he should. source
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12 May 2009 21:34

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World: The Middle East is running low on Christianity right now

  • 5% are Christian and that number’s dropping like a bad habit source
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28 Apr 2009 10:11

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World: Pope Benedict tours the Italian earthquake destruction

The pope says the Lord “is not deaf to the worried cry of so many families who lost everything.” source
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23 Mar 2009 10:15

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U.S.: A departing New York cardinal spices up the priestly celibacy debate

  • Hey, priests should have laaaaaaadies, too! Amid all the hullabaloo around the retirement of Edward M. Egan, some spare comments he made about allowing priests to marry has relit the flame to a long-standing debate in the Catholic Church. Egan told an Albany radio station regarding celibacy, “I think that it’s going to be discussed; it’s a perfectly legitimate discussion.” Allowing marriage might help reverse the shortage of priests that’s been dogging parishes lately. This may not happen, though. The Church doesn’t back down very easily. source
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18 Mar 2009 10:51

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World: Everyone thinks the Pope is wrong about condoms

  • The Vatican’s position Pope Benedict, who made the comments yesterday, was apparently keeping the party line more than anything else, according to the Vatican. So, basically, if the Pope doesn’t believe condom use is bad, he just lied straight-faced.
  • Criticism is high From medical doctors, who claim the Pope’s statement “represents a major step backwards in terms of global health education,” especially in Africa, to AIDS activists, not many people are supporting his position here. source
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17 Mar 2009 19:09

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World: The freaking pope doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about

  • It (AIDS) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem.
  • Pope Benedict • Talking about condom usage as a way to prevent AIDS in Cameroon. Dude, do you even know what condoms are? • source
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23 Jan 2009 18:11

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Tech, World: The Vatican joins the YouTube generation

Pope Benedict XVI is excited but reserved about how new technology lets people interact. source
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08 Jan 2009 22:00

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World: Can you believe a cardinal said this?

  • Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more, it resembles a big concentration camp.
  • Cardinal Renato Martino • president of the Council for Justice and Peace and a right hand man to Pope Benedict XVI; Israel obviously condemned the marks. • source
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