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In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Libya
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect. He also called on Europeans to welcome refugees from North Africa. "In heaven, all is peace and gladness. But, alas, all is not so on earth!" the pope lamented as he delivered the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to a crowd of more than 100,000 that overflowed from St. Peter's Square. "In the current conflict in Libya, may diplomacy and dialogue ...
Pope: Humanity Isn't Random Product of Evolution
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn't a random product of evolution. Benedict emphasized the Biblical account of creation in his Easter Vigil homily Saturday, saying it was wrong to think at some point "in some tiny corner of the cosmos there evolved randomly some species of living being capable of reasoning and of trying to find rationality within creation, or to bring rationality into it." Franco Origlia, Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful at the end of the Easter Vigil mass at St. ...
Pope's New Book: Jews Not to Blame for Killing Jesus
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsIn astonishing and personal statements that could turn centuries of anti-Semitism upside down, Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that Jews are not to blame for crucifying and killing Jesus. In "Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week," coming out next week, Benedict takes issue with key passages in the New Testament that for eons have been interpreted to mean that Jews were culpable for the killing of Jesus and have justified the persecution of Jews worldwide. The Catholic Church has maintained since Vatican II in 1965 that Jews were not collectively at fault for the death of Christ. But Jewish ...
Pope Exonerates Jews for Jesus' Death in New Book
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity. In "Jesus of Nazareth" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict uses a biblical and theological analysis to explain why it is not true that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death. Interpretations to the contrary have been used for centuries to justify the persecution of Jews. While the Vatican has for five decades taught that Jews weren't collectively responsible, Jewish ...
Pope Benedict: Mind Your Manners on Social Networks
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsPope Benedict XVI, who could be considered head of one of the world's oldest social networks, gave his blessing to social media today but told users to mind their manners and warned against using its "extraordinary potential" for selfish ends. While "inviting Christians" to join online social networks, none of which he identified by name, Benedict cautioned them against substituting a virtual world filled with superficial relationships for the real thing. "In the search for sharing, for 'friends,' there is the challenge to be authentic and faithful, and not give in to the illusion of ...
Pope Says Marriage Is Not an Absolute Right
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI told priests Saturday to do a better job counseling would-be spouses to ensure their marriages last and said no one has an absolute right to a wedding. Benedict made the comments in his annual speech to the Roman Rota, the Vatican tribunal that decides marriage annulments. An annulment is the process by which the church effectively declares that a marriage never took place. Benedict acknowledged that the problems that would allow for a marriage to be annulled cannot always be identified beforehand. But he said better pre-marriage counseling, which the ...
Pope John Paul II to Be Beatified May 1
By not in system - AOL NewsThe late Pope John Paul II, whose death in April 2005 prompted a global outpouring of grief and demands that he be made a saint on the spot -- "Santo Subito!" as mourners cried -- will move a step closer to canonization when he is beatified on May 1, the Vatican announced Friday. ...
Sister Marie Simon-Pierre: 5 Facts About Pope John Paul II's 'Miracle' Nun
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsAfter four years of suffering from Parkinson's disease, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre was cured during the night of June 2, 2005. Five and half years and a thorough investigation later, Pope Benedict XVI has "signed off" on that remarkable and seemingly instantaneous recovery as the miracle required for Pope John Paul II's beatification. After praying to John Paul II two months after the pope passed away, the nun said she awoke one morning, to the shock of her doctor, feeling reborn and capable of performing previously difficult tasks, such as walking and writing. Surge Desk offers five facts ...
Pope: Give Babies Christian Names
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe pope is pleading with parents to stop giving their children frivolous names modeled after celebrities and return to classic Christian monikers instead. After baptizing more than a dozen children at Mass this weekend -- whose names were presumably not Mary or Joseph -- Pope Benedict XVI took a moment to remind Catholics that a name is an "indelible seal" that puts a child on a lifelong "journey of religious faith," the Daily Telegraph reported. "Every baptized child acquires the character of the son of God, beginning with their Christian name, an unmistakable sign that the Holy Spirit ...
God Behind the Big Bang, Pope Says
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe Big Bang was an act of God, with divine will bringing the universe into being, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of Catholics at the Vatican. "The universe is not the result of chance, as some would want to make us believe," Benedict said Thursday, according to Reuters. "Contemplating it [the universe], we are invited to read something profound into it: the wisdom of the creator, the inexhaustible creativity of God," Benedict told some 10,000 people gathered to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany. Benedict has worked to integrate modern scientific theories into religious teaching, ...
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