Vatican said not revising celibacy rule
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A Brazilian cardinal who appeared to suggest the Vatican was open to revising its celibacy requirement for priests stressed Monday the question was not on the Holy See's agenda and contended that allowing them to marry wouldn't solve the clergy shortage.
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The Vatican complains of a 'militant secularism' sidelining the Church from public life in Europe.
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The cardinal taking over the Vatican office in charge of priests says the issue of celibacy may one day be reviewed.
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The Vatican secretly issued instructions to the Catholic church in France not to return Jewish children to their families after the second world war, it emerged yesterday.
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The Vatican on Monday issued an exhaustive guide to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church on social issues, reiterating positions against abortion, same-sex marriage and preventive war waged without compelling proof of a threat. Church officials said its release a week before the U.S. election was not intended to influence the vote.
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The beatification of 498 Catholics killed during the Spanish Civil war was not politically motivated, the Vatican's number two said on Monday.
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Pope Benedict XVI removed restrictions on celebrating the old form of the Latin Mass on Saturday in a concession to traditional Catholics, but he stressed that he was in no way rolling back the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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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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"Non avete il diritto", obietta l'organo del Vaticano
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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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Catholic MPs who vote in favour of abortion should not ask for communion, the Archbishop of Cardiff says.
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Bishops of the Episcopal Church rejected demands by leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion to roll back the churchâs liberal stance on homosexuality.
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An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn&#39;t binding and won&#39;t likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual
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LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday dismissed speculation that he intends to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, SEPT. 12, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- A priest who is not profoundly spiritual is "a poor celibate," says a consultor to a Vatican dicastery.
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The Spanish Roman Catholic Church denied that it had condoned the use of condoms as a legitimate way of fighting HIV/AIDS.
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TORONTO (CP) - An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn't binding and won't likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual parishes, says the church's Canadian primate.