Spain's Catholic Church reverses statement in support of condom use
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MADRID, Spain  - The Catholic Church in Spain backtracked late Wednesday from a leading bishop's groundbreaking statement in support of condom use to fight the spread of AIDS, saying instead the church still believes artificial contraception is immoral.
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Spain's Conference of Catholic Bishops chief spokesman said condoms "have their place in a comprehensive and global prevention of AIDS."
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Members of Spain's Popular Party have rejected efforts to strip their political platform of a reference to "Christian humanism" as a philosophical source of the party.
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The House voted narrowly Thursday to reverse a ban on contraception aid to groups overseas that offer abortions, challenging a pillar of President Bush's foreign aid policy.
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Ministers are accused of trying to impose "a new morality" by ruling against an opt-out on gay adoption.
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The opposition in Turkey says the government has reversed plans to criminalise adultery.
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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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President Evo Morales has backed off a proposal to remove Roman Catholic instruction from Bolivia's schools, easing a dispute with church officials over his plan to place greater emphasis on Indian faiths.
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The Catholic church in Northern Ireland has told schools to ban Amnesty for its pro-abortion stance.
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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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A top Vatican cardinal says condom use to stop the spread of Aids can be justified in some cases.
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The Catholic church in Spain yesterday attacked government plans to legalise gay marriage, saying it would be like releasing a &quot;virus&quot; into Spanish society.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain acknowledges that condoms could play a role in the global fight against Aids.
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A Spanish bill allowing gay marriage is expected to go to parliament has the Catholic Church up in arms. One bishop said it was like unleashing a virus.
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Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, putting this predominantly Roman Catholic country on course to become only the third European country to recognize gay matrimony.
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September 20, 2004 -- MADRID - Spain&#39;s Socialist government will approve gay marriage, a party leader said yesterday, putting into action a plan that has enraged church leaders in this traditionally Catholic country.
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In a substantial shift from traditional policy, the spokesman for the Catholic Church in Spain has said it supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS.