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...keeping with Vatican policy, the directives proscribe abortion and a host of reproductive services, including birth control, morning-after pills and sterilization. "We can't say we're opposed to abortion as a profound human evil and then go out and build an abortion clinic," says Father Michael Place, president of the Catholic Health Association, which represents more than 2,000 Catholic facilities in the U.S. "We can't be other than...
...while Israel is being sensitive to Muslim sensibilities, Christian groups are complaining about their treatment at the hands of the Jewish state. Israel's decision to allow the construction of a mosque adjacent to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth drew a furious response from the Vatican, and raised the possibility of the pope canceling a scheduled Holy Land visit in the New Year. Not that the local constabulary would complain too much if His Holiness bows out. "If he does come, security officials are worried to death that some extremist, either Jewish or Muslim, will try to kill...
Harvard is the one of the richest non-profit institutions on the planet. Second only to the Vatican, its endowment, which, after an energetic five-year Capital Campaign, recently exceeded $14 billion, far outweighs the financial resources of any other university in the world...
...desire of fans to hear old-school, "Plush" grunge. No. 4 capitalizes on the interplay between the hard rock emphasis of STP's debut album, Core, and the lessons in eclectic beat formation and poppy renditions of 1994's Purple and 1996's Tiny Music from the Vatican Gift Shop. In many respects, the album seems to reflect a band that is almost too happy to be creating together again, so instead of the work indicating musical growth it becomes a stylistic retrospective...
Despite the trappings of democracy, Indonesia?s presidential election process is about as transparent as the Vatican?s College of Cardinals. And so, as the 700-seat national assembly gets set to choose a new president on Wednesday, tension over the outcome is increasing, with the legislative building surrounded by angry demonstrators. "None of the three front-runners commands a majority in the assembly, and that has laid the process open to precisely the kind of Byzantine backroom deal-making that has enraged the protestors outside," says TIME Asia reporter Nisid Hajari...