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...Vatican comes out and announces that granting legal recognition to gay spouses will destroy the family and society. The church argues that gay love is not even "remotely analogous" to heterosexual love. The Anglican Church asks a celibate, newly elected bishop in England to give up his post simply because he is gay. Even the leading Democratic candidates refuse to support equality in marriage. Senator John Kerry, who has no biological children with his current (second) wife, says marriage should be reserved for procreation, and, with few exceptions, the others toe that line too. And a new poll shows...
...marriage has been a hotbutton topic this summer. The New Jersey and Massachusetts state court systems are each considering cases that could legalize same-sex unions. President Bush, Senator Tom Daschle and other politicians have all stated opposition to legalizing gay marriage. The Vatican has also launched a new initiative opposing gay marriage. What do you think? Should gay marriage be granted the same legal recognition as heterosexual marriage...
...plenary council has not been called in the U.S. since 1884. That meeting, among other things, mandated publication of a national catechism and established the Roman collar as obligatory clerical dress. Any such meeting today, however, would come with risks. The agenda, controlled by the bishops and the Vatican, could well be dominated by conservatives hostile to any reform, turning the gathering into another public relations nightmare and further dividing the church. Still, the idea has its supporters. "It's a risk worth taking," says Scott Appleby, professor of church history at the University of Notre Dame. "There...
...Rome, Charles B. Watson ’03 spent a summer working in the Vatican with the secretary who oversees the correspondence of Pope John Paul II—in Latin. In Cambridge, he revived the Harvard Classical Club, which had been dormant for a decade. Today, Watson is poised to fulfill a dream he has pursued since he first set foot in the Yard—delivering the Latin Oration at Harvard’s 352nd Commencement...
CONFIRMED. POPE JOHN PAUL II, 83, suffers from Parkinson's disease, according to a senior Vatican official. It was the first official acknowledgement of the Pope's disease, although doctors, noting his slurred speech and trembling hands, had guessed his condition for years...