Vatican condemns EU 'inquisition'
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A Vatican cardinal says the fire directed at would-be EU commissioner Rocco Buttiglione amounts to a "lay inquisition".
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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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ROME The Vatican said Monday that anti-Christian elements were ravaging Europe with a new Inquisition that had claimed a devout Roman Catholic Italian minister because he expressed his faith and called homosexuality a sin.
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Italyâs anti-gay nominee to be the EUâs justice and home affairs commissioner said that he was discriminated against as a Catholic and as a member of Premier Berlusconiâ centre-right government when a European Parliament committee voted against his
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Pope Benedict XVI is "extremely upset" that Muslims have been offended by some of his words in a recent speech in Germany, the Vatican said Saturday.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert asks the Pope to urge Christians to denounce Holocaust denial, at talks in the Vatican.
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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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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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The Vatican's foreign minister said Wednesday that misunderstanding between cultures is breeding a "new barbarism" and expressed hope that reason and dialogue would stop those who use their faith as a pretext for attacks.
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Text of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's statement, issued Saturday in Italian, about criticism in the Muslim world over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam and violence. English translation is provided by the Vatican:
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ROME -- The Vatican deployed diplomats to capitals of Muslim states yesterday in an effort to contain anger over Pope Benedict XVI's comments on Islam, as shadowy threats against the pontiff and Christianity multiplied.
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The Catholic Church accuses the BBC of a prejudiced attack on the Pope over claims of a cover-up of child sex abuse.
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The Vatican, which has been accused of aggressively seeking souls in Russia and some other countries, 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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ROME, Aug 27  - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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Pope Benedict XVI expressed concerns to President Bush about the Middle East, according to the Vatican.
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Dissidents condemn EU inaction over regime after law is flouted as leader prolongs rule yet again