Pope defends bioethics teaching
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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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The Vatican on Friday condemned the cloning of human embryos, calling it the "worst type of exploitation of the human being".
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The French Roman Catholic Church has called a telethonÂs financing of research on embryonic stem cells immoral.
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II warned in a statement released Sunday that humanity&#39;s speedy progress in science and technology risks overlooking moral values, citing with particular concern experiments in human cloning.
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Pope John Paul II condemned euthanasia Thursday, stressing that the elderly should be considered a valuable resource and not a burden to society, as the Vatican sought to mobilize public opinion against what is known as mercy killing.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on   Monday that Christians and Muslims must reject violence, in an   unprecedented meeting with Islamic envoys to defuse anger at   his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword.
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The Vatican on Friday condemned  the cloning of human embryos, calling it the "worst type of  exploitation of the human being."
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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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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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Pope Benedict XVI urged his largely secular home country not to let science and reason make it ÂdeafÂ to God.
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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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A Roman Catholic archbishop will ask officials of St. Louis University to take âappropriate actionâ against its basketball coach, who said in a television interview that he supports abortion rights.
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Pope Benedict XVI tells pilgrims at the Vatican that his remarks on Islam last week were misunderstood.
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Some Catholic Church activists in Austria accused Pope Benedict of devoting too little time to hear ordinary churchgoers' concerns during a visit starting on Friday and said he was risking losing more of his flock.
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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is becoming increasingly alarmed at what it regards as official anti-Roman Catholic sentiment and secular trends in Europe, as government after government approves measures on abortion, family law, and scientific study that run counter to Catholic teaching.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan   repeated on Wednesday his criticism of comments made by Pope   Benedict about Islam that sparked Muslim protests and said even   a politician would not have spoken in such a way.