Cardinal Blasts Attempt to Silence Church
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A top Vatican cardinal on Monday assailed what he called attempts to silence the Roman Catholic Church on issues of gender and marriage, blaming "powerful cultural, economic and political lobbies."
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The pastor who said the funeral Mass for Victoria ``Torie&#39;&#39; Snelgrove yesterday blasted the riotous acts of a rowdy post-Red Sox pennant crowd for the circumstances surrounding her all-too-soon death.
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Pope John Paul on Saturday  condemned same sex marriage as an attack on the fabric of  society and called on Catholics to combat what he said was  aggressive attempt to legally undermine the family.
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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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PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina  - An elderly bishop's fight against allowing politicians to run for re-election has sparked the latest angry spat between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and the country's influential Roman Catholic Church.
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BOSTON, Nov. 13 -- Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley made an emotional appeal Saturday to Catholics who oppose the downsizing of local parishes, saying the cuts are so painful that he sometimes asks God to "call me home and let someone else finish this job."
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ST. LOUIS -- When it comes to expressing his views of church values, Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Burke has a habit of making headlines, not always to the satisfaction of his flock.
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Chinese refusal to recognise the authority of the Vatican is an "act of war", Hong Kong's cardinal tells the BBC.
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Parishioners ended their vigil at a Roman Catholic parish on Sunday after police threatened to arrest anyone who refused to leave, a move critics say
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Christian symbols are being denigrated over Christmas says a leader of the Catholic Church of England and Wales.
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Pope Benedict held an open  air mass on Tuesday in the town where he had hoped to spend his  retirement and rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred  and fanaticism.
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GAY clergy and their supporters were censured yesterday as religious leaders tried to resolve the issue of homosexuality in the Anglican Church.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to churches across the world asking them to stop using harsh words against gay people.
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A top cardinal says his suggestion that the Vatican could field a first division football team was only a joke.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday attacked "lobbies" he blamed for unraveling the traditional family, as he escalated a war of words against Italian draft legislation that would recognize unwed and gay couples.
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In a dramatic plea for understanding, Archbishop Sean P. O&#39;Malley yesterday described his effort to close parishes as &#39;&#39;personally repulsive to me,&quot; but
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