Roman Catholic Church furious over Spain&#39;s gay marriage plan
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Spain&#39;s cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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Members of a Roman Catholic parish are angry that a priest known to have indecently assaulted a boy was moved there.
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalise homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same-sex marriages -- but the move sparked fury within a still influential Roman Catholic Church.
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Christians and Muslims in India's Gujarat state are angry at an amendment to religious conversion laws.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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Pope Benedict XVI praised marriage between a man and a woman as part of God&#039;s &quot;loving plan,&quot; defending the traditional family Sunday at a Mass in Spain attended by hundreds of thousands.
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Pope Benedict XVI began a brief visit to Spain by underscoring Roman Catholic Church opposition to the liberal policies of Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero&#039;s government.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain moved to quench any notion of a sea-change in its attitude to the use of contraceptives, saying remarks by one of its top people had been misunderstood and that doctrine ...
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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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The Spanish Bishops Conference Sunday warned against same-sex marriage and labeled homosexual behavior "reprehensible." The government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero plans to address the issue ...
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"It is worthwhile to work for the family and marriage because it is worthwhile to work for the human being, the most precious being created by God"  MADRID, Spain : Tens of thousands of people in predominantly Roman Catholic Spain rallied Sunday in defense of the traditional family in a country where the government has legalized gay marriage and facilitated ... via International Herald Tribune
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Traditionalists and gay Christians are cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy.
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who has caused outrage on the left with his conservative Roman Catholic views on homosexuality and marriage. &quot;We expect a reshuffle of the Commission.
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Spain's new Socialist government, which has won praise from women's groups for its support for sex equality, is now drawing their wrath.
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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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Spain's powerful Catholic Church declared war on government plans to legalise "marriage" and adoption by gay couples, denying the concept of "sexual orientation" and branding homosexual behaviour "intrinsically bad."
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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at attempts by church leaders to undermine support for gay rights