Spain's Liberal Plans Spark Church Counterattack
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Relations between Spain's government and  its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power  earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the  church is putting up a fight.
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The Spanish government&#39;s plans to legalize same-sex marriage was lambasted by the Roman Catholic Church, the BBC reported Tuesday.
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Spain launched a drive Monday to win European support for a bid to include the traditional Mediterranean diet on a U.N. list of protected world cultural treasures.
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Spain's prime minister calls for international efforts to resolve divisions between the Western and Muslim world.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...
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Spain's powerful Catholic Church declared war on government plans to legalise "marriage" and adoption by gay couples, denying the concept of "sexual orientation" and branding homosexual behaviour "intrinsically bad."
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The church's leadership has been a center of activism, open debate and dissent for liberal Protestants for decades.
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MADRID, Oct 20 (IPS) - A group of Catholic theologians in Spain have   criticised the local Church leadership for lashing out against  the  legislative reforms promoted by the socialist government of  Prime Minister  JosÃ© Luis RodrÃ­guez Zapatero, which include  measures that would reduce the  financing that the Church  receives from the state.
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CHICAGO -- The Conference of Catholic Bishops, which aims to bring church leaders together, is once again riddled by deep division.
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Spain&#39;s cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica  - After spending several  years distracted by Iraq and the war on terror, Spain under its  new socialist government is turning again toward Latin America  where its historical and business links give it an unrivaled  edge.
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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Spain Socialist government on Thursday took the expected step on Thursday of approving a draft law creating same-sex "marriage" and giving homosexuals the right to adopt children.
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The Spanish Catholic Church's about-face on the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS was met with anger by left-wing politicians, commentators and gay rights groups who labeled the church's position as unreasonable and inhuman.
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Spain's Socialist government approved a draft bill to change the country's legal framework to allow marriages between same-sex couples, despite strong opposition by the Roman Catholic Church.
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First the militia fighters thought of hacking the bishop to death with an ax. In the end, they showed pity and shot him Â one of hundreds of executions of Roman Catholic clergy as civil war erupted in Spain.
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In a radical shift, Spanish Roman Catholic bishops have for the first time accepted the use of condoms to combat AIDS, reigniting a moral and religious debate but drawing a sharp response from the Vatican.