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Obama, Hillary Clinton Top 'Most Admired' Lists in Annual Gallup Poll
By Bruce Drake
President Obama far and away tops the list of Gallup's annual "most admired man" survey although the percentage of Americans who chose him has fallen since his election, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman, with Sarah Palin and Oprah Winfrey not too far behind in ...
Vatican Clarifies Pope's Statements on Condoms
By David Gibson
The Vatican has clarified controversial statements by Pope Benedict XVI on condom use to prevent AIDS in an effort to end speculation that he has relaxed the church ban on artificial birth control. But the Catholic Church also spoke out to head off a dispute among conservatives over what the pontiff ...
Pope Has Not Endorsed Condoms for Cats, Contrary to PETA Leaflets
By David Gibson
Pope Benedict XVI's comments last month that using condoms could be justified at times, such as by a male prostitute trying to prevent spreading AIDS, have continued to roil Catholics, especially after the Vatican clarified that the pontiff intended his remarks to apply beyond sex workers and ...
Pope's High Praise of Holocaust-Era Predecessor Sparks Jewish Ire
By David Gibson
Coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's new book-length interview has focused almost exclusively on his remarks about using condoms to prevents AIDS, but Jewish leaders are voicing objections to his unqualified praised for his war-time predecessor, Pius XII, whose record during the Holocaust is a perennial ...
Pope OKs Condoms in Some Cases, Such as Prostitutes Avoiding HIV
By David Gibson
Pope Benedict XVI has said that in special cases, such as that of prostitutes trying to prevent HIV infection, condoms could be justified under Catholic ethical thinking, especially if their use leads to an awareness that engaging in such a "banalization of sexuality" is morally harmful. Many ...
Pope Is No Tea Partier: Benedict Backs Guaranteed Health Care For All
By David Gibson
As newly empowered Republicans prepare a congressional agenda topped by a promise to repeal health care reform, Pope Benedict XVI has strongly reiterated Catholic teaching that universal health care is an "inalienable right" that must be guaranteed by every nation and society. "It is necessary to ...
Vatican: Cardinals Will 'Reflect and Pray' on Sex Abuse Crisis
By David Gibson
The Vatican announced Monday that the world's cardinals, assembling in Rome next week to welcome two dozen new members to their ranks, will gather a day early for "reflection and prayer" on several topics, including the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The late Pope John Paul II brought together ...
Cardinal-Designate Burke Says Catholics Cannot Vote for Candidates Who Are Pro-Choice
By David GibsonJust ahead of Election Day, one of the most influential American churchmen in the Vatican, Cardinal-designate Raymond L. Burke, has warned Catholic voters in the United States that they may never vote for politicians who support abortion rights or same-sex marriage, position usually associated with ...
Archbishop Raymond Burke, Critic of Obama and Pro-Choice Pols, Named a Cardinal
By David Gibson
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday said he would elevate two dozen churchmen to the influential rank of cardinal, a rank that for 20 of them includes the power to vote on a successor to the 83-year-old pontiff after his death. Among those tapped is an American archbishop who has become one of the ...
AIDS Is a Kind of 'Justice' for Promiscuous Sex, Belgian Catholic Leader Claims
By David Gibson
The Catholic Church in Belgium has been battered by scandals and missteps over the past year, and now its new leader, the conservative Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Brussels, has sparked a fresh controversy with comments declaring that people afflicted with AIDS are receiving "a sort of ...
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