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...years away." This episode seems mostly to reflect wishful thinking by church progressives. "Let's not forget that Martini's camp was essentially the loser in last year's conclave," a Vatican official says. The conservatives won, and contraception does not seem to be high on Pope Benedict XVI's agenda. In late November, he listed several ways to combat the spread of hiv, including chastity, fidelity in marriage and antipoverty efforts. He did not mention condoms...
Marking one year since the April 19 election of Pope Benedict XVI can make the two dominant figures from last spring - John Paul II and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - already seem like ancient history. But it is a testament to both the Catholic church?s durability and continuity and the speed of the modern news cycle that the only man in white on our minds now is Pope Benedict, while images of the same Ratzinger in cardinal red appear almost odd and outdated. For Catholicism, this is a necessary thing. The church counts on the very earthly process of an election...
...pressure on children to view themselves in light of sexual norms. Instead of waiting for genetics to clear homosexuality’s taboo, the most advantageous avenue is redoubling support for awareness events like Gaypril. On a wider level, activists should urge those like the once-liberal Pope Benedict XVI to continue the reformation of the Catholic Church, or lobby the Food and Drug Administration to remove gay men from its “banned blood” list, and, in doing so, not promote untrue and defamatory stereotypes of them. The focus should not be on science...
...release of Abdul Rahman, who, under Afghanistan's Shari'a law, had faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity. Two days later, Rahman was spirited to Italy, which granted him asylum. On his arrival, he gave a brief TV interview, thanking the Italian government and Pope Benedict XVI for helping save his life and win his release. But alive doesn't mean totally free. Afghan clerics have denounced Italy and continue to call for Rahman's death, so he will stay under tight police protection in an undisclosed location for the foreseeable future. An Interior Ministry official in Rome...
With all the shiny red hats and vestments, the elevation Friday of 15 new Cardinals reveals a lot about the (still) new man in white. Pope Benedict XVI?s first consistory comes less than a month before the one-year anniversary of his election, and the picture of the Pontiff is still taking shape. But his first additions to the top rung of the Church hierarchy - which include two prominent Americans, a Chinese prelate and Pope John Paul II?s personal secretary - give further clarity to both the form and substance of Benedict?s nascent reign...