International News

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Jerusalem's Latin patriarch criticizes creation of religious state in Middle East

December 21, 2007

JERUSALEM - Jerusalem's Latin patriarch criticized the creation of a religious state of any kind in the Holy Land, saying that a Jewish or Islamic state would not be suitable for Christians.

World is one human family, Pope says

December 13, 2007

VATICAN CITY - Anything that threatens the traditional family threatens peace, because the family “is the first and indispensable teacher of peace,” Pope Benedict XVI said.

Faith matters, Mormon candidate finds

December 10, 2007

WASHINGTON - When Arizona Rep. Morris Udall sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1976, the fact that he was a Mormon, albeit an inactive one, was barely mentioned.

Encyclical stresses man’s need for God

December 6, 2007

VATICAN CITY - In an encyclical on Christian hope, Pope Benedict XVI said that, without faith in God, humanity lies at the mercy of ideologies that can lead to “the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice.”

College of Cardinals grows by 23

November 30, 2007

VATICAN CITY - In a liturgy that emphasized the church’s cultural diversity and its unity of mission, Pope Benedict XVI created 23 new cardinals from 14 countries.

Anglican Church on the brink of schism?

November 28, 2007

BURLINGTON, Ont. - The word “schism” is increasingly being used to describe the state of affairs among Canadian Anglicans in the midst of intensifying disagreements over liberalized theology and a growing acceptance of the blessing of same-sex unions.

British cardinal criticizes fatherless babies in bill

November 23, 2007

LONDON - A British cardinal has criticized proposals to allow lesbians to become joint legal parents of children created for them through in vitro fertilization.

New direction needed in Iraq

November 16, 2007

BALTIMORE - Some U.S. policymakers “seem to fail to recognize sufficiently the reality and failures in Iraq and the imperative for new directions,” warned the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a new statement on transition in Iraq.

Papal trip to U.S. confirmed

November 13, 2007

BALTIMORE - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington and New York next April 15-20.

Canadian bishops meet with Pope

November 9, 2007

VATICAN CITY - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said coming to the Vatican to visit Pope Benedict XVI and curial officials "is always something that energizes us."