Vatican Says China 'Once Again' Abusing Catholics
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The Vatican accused China Saturday  of launching a fresh crackdown on Roman Catholics, upping the  ante in its war of words against the Communist state.
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Pope Benedict XVI pressed China on Saturday to respect religious freedom and the Vatican&#39;s right to appoint its own bishops, dismissing Beijing&#39;s nominees as &quot;illegitimate.&quot;
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China questions efforts to tackle currency manipulation, saying poorer countries must be treated fairly.
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A Roman Catholic priest who has been charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old altar boy committed the crimes while decades-old allegations against him were making headlines, prosecutors allege.
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China is to introduce steps to punish famous and wealthy violators of its one-child policy, senior officials say.
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The Vatican will move to resume relations with China after more than half a century if religious freedom is allowed but it will not abandon China's diplomatic rival Taiwan, an official said on Tuesday.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI yesterday called on China to lift restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the church and sow divisions among Catholics.
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The Vatican urges Catholics to stop donating to Amnesty International, saying it promotes abortion.
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BEIJING, Nov. 28 -- China's state-sanctioned Catholic church said Tuesday that it plans to ordain another bishop without approval from the pope, despite renewed diplomatic efforts to end long-standing hostility between China and the Vatican.
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China's state-controlled Catholic Church has ordained  a new bishop in a move set to anger the Vatican.
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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has sparked criticism within both Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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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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China&#39;s communist leaders, in a fresh move to eradicate pornography, have targeted the telephone sex industry, ordering severe punishment for anyone offering the service, the official People&#39;s Daily says.
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An India-based human rights watchdog has denounced China for human rights abuses in Tibet last year and predicted that religious repression would get worse in 2007.
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The inclusion of prayers calling for conversions has led to sharp criticism of the Vatican.
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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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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has drawn criticism within Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".