Vatican opposes removal of feeding tubes
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The Vatican reiterated Friday that it considers the removal of feeding tubes from people in vegetative states to be an immoral act.
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Pope Benedict said on Friday   Catholic politicians could not be swayed by opinion polls and   social trends into supporting practices such as abortion and   the "folly" of gay marriage.
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The Vatican on Wednesday condemned  the film "The Golden Compass," which some have called  anti-Christian, saying it promotes a cold and hopeless world  without God.
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The Vatican pronounces its views on persistent-coma patients, while Fred Thompson tries to remain (mostly) mum.
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VATICAN CITY -- The cardinal chosen by Pope John Paul II to head a new Vatican foundation to help AIDS victims said yesterday that too much time was spent arguing over the Catholic Church's opposition to condoms while too many people were dying.
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The Vatican on Wednesday condemned the film "The Golden Compass," which some have called anti-Christian, saying it promotes a cold and hopeless world without God.
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The Vatican said Friday it has every right to spread its message and accept converts but that non-Catholics must never be forced to embrace the faith
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The inclusion of prayers calling for conversions has led to sharp criticism of the Vatican.
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Gay rights activists say Vatican influence fuels discrimination against gay people in Italy.
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Pope Benedict on Sunday renewed his appeal to Catholics to reject abortion and euthanasia, saying life was God-given and could not be cut short under "the guise of human compassion".
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ROME -- Pope Pius XII ordered the church in France not to return Jewish children to their parents if they had been baptized into the Catholic faith to save them from the Nazis, according to a 1946 letter obtained by a historian.
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Pope Benedict XVI urged his largely secular home country not to let science and reason make it ÂdeafÂ to God.
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The Vatican has slammed the new movie The Golden Compass and asked New Line film studio not to distribute it.
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Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily on Tuesday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs such as the "morning after pill" if they object on moral grounds.
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Catholic experts are expected to advise the Pope to abolish the state of limbo for babies that die before baptism.
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VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican cardinal said yesterday that Roman Catholics shouldn't contribute to Amnesty International because the group adopted a policy calling for access to abortion services for women under certain circumstances.
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The president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care has denounced the concept of "assisted procreation," demanding respect for the role of marital love in the creation of new human life.