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In January, when Pope Benedict XVI reversed the 1988 excommunication of four bishops of an ultra-traditionalist Catholic group called the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), he probably knew it would ignite a firestorm. The church has significant unresolved problems with the society, among them its gross disobedience to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope Benedict on the Question of Judaism | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

The starkly different responses of some U.S. bishops and the Vatican could just be a matter of pure politics. As Obama's European tour last month showed, the Pope would hardly be the only head of state eager to start off on the right footing with the new Administration. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Stand in Obama's Notre Dame Controversy | 5/16/2009 | See Source »

Of course, the Notre Dame kerfuffle has political roots as well. The protesters aren't accusing the university of violating church teaching but rather of violating a 2004 policy that the USCCB approved in the midst of vigorous debate over John Kerry's presidential candidacy. The statement, titled "Catholics in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Stand in Obama's Notre Dame Controversy | 5/16/2009 | See Source »

Among those most eager to drive a wedge between the President and rank-and-file Catholics are Catholic Republicans, who worry about losing more voters to the Democratic Party. Newt Gingrich wasn't yet a Catholic when the 2004 statement was debated and approved. But the new convert was the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Stand in Obama's Notre Dame Controversy | 5/16/2009 | See Source »

Supporters of the new status quo include a gay Democratic state senator, a reform rabbi, a Unitarian Church leader, a state gay rights advocacy group called One IOWA and Des Moines' mayor. Opponents include a Republican state senator, a Baptist minister, Iowa's Catholic bishops, the conservative Iowa Family Policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fragility of Gay Iowa | 5/16/2009 | See Source »

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