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...Chaldean priest and five parishioners have been abducted in Baghdad. Thousands of Christians are fleeing the war-ravaged country. However, for fear of risking a further deterioration of the situation facing Iraqi ethnic and religious minorities, few clerics are calling for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Indeed, the official Vatican position is to support the Iraqi government. Nevertheless, the Vatican's official communique after the meeting with the American President cited the "worrying situation in Iraq." The Pope also raised another Mideast issue: the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, where many in the Vatican privately criticize the U.S. for not taking...
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...Vatican finds common ground with the Bush Administration on bioethical questions. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone recently praised the White House on its anti-abortion stance: "The United States is a great country, and the current President has especially distinguished himself for some positive initiatives in favor of the defense of life from conception," Bertone told the newspaper Avvenire...
...insight. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy Emeritus Marvin Kalb leads the nine-day tour “An Insider’s Rome” that offers exclusive after-hours access to a variety of religious and cultural sites, including the Sistine Chapel and Vatican museums—for a mere $7,495 (not including airfare...
...upcoming trip, Kalb will be lecturing on the relationship between Rome and the Vatican, focusing on the plot to kill Pope John Paul II, but insists he is “there to be a buddy...