Vatican rejects charges on John Paul II
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A doctor alleged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer &#151; a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.
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A senior Vatican cardinal says there is an anti-Catholic &quot;inquisition&quot; in Europe, evidenced in the controversy over the remarks of Rocco Buttiglione.
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Pope John Paul II told New Zealand bishops Monday that efforts to equate marriage between man and woman to other forms of cohabitation violated "God's plan for humanity."
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Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales rejected as false and misleading a BBC documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI in his previous job.
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BERLIN -- The Vatican expressed regret yesterday for remarks by Pope Benedict XVI that enraged Muslims by implicitly linking Islamic tenets to violence, but the pontiff stopped short of issuing a personal apology.
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MADRID, Spain, NOV. 24, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The papal nuncio to the European Parliament doesn't have any reason "from the religious viewpoint" to say no to the Constitutional Treaty, even though the document ...
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Pope John Paul II received Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Jewish religious leaders from Azerbaijan, calling their visit Thursday a symbol of tolerance and declaring that religion must never be used for violent aims.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday defended the Vatican's right to speak out on bioethics, including its opposition to artificial procreation methods and embryonic stem cell research.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II kept up his campaign against gay marriage Saturday, telling the ambassador from Canada - where some provinces allow same-sex couples to wed - that such unions create a "false understanding" of marriage.    In past months, the pope urged authorities to stop approving gay marriages, saying that they degrade the true sense of marriage...
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LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday dismissed speculation that he intends to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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The Vatican on Monday ruled out a trip by Pope Benedict XVI to Israel in the immediate future, saying the two sides must settle long-standing differences over property, tax exemptions and visas.
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The Vatican said Tuesday it would lead the fight against pedophilia, but said the problem was not limited to the Catholic Church and that other institutions should take responsibility.
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Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales rejected as "false and entirely misleading" a BBC documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI in his previous job.
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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania  Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused Friday to take Holy Communion with the head of the U.S.
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VATICAN CITY, JAN. 9, 2005 ( Zenit.org ).- John Paul II expressed his grief over the crash of two trains Friday in northern Italy that left 17 dead and scores injured.
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Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right on Friday and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.
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A Roman Catholic priest charged with directing the killing of 2,000 of his parishioners inthe 1994 Rwandan genocide has boycotted the trial proceedings by the United