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British cardinal: Next pope should review marriage ban since ‘Jesus didn’t say that’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic figure, points to ecclesiastical celibacy as having no ‘divine origin’ Britain’s most senior Catholic has suggested Catholic priests should be able to marry and have children, saying the demand for celibacy was not of “divine origin”. In one of the most significant breaks…
Pope Benedict denounces religious hypocrisy in final mass
Pope Benedict XVI urged an end to “religious hypocrisy” and “rivalry” in the Catholic Church as he donned his papal mitre for the last time for an emotional mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday. The 85-year-old pope was hailed with a standing ovation and waves of applause from a…
Sex abuse victims on Benedict’s abdication: ‘We won’t miss this pope’
For the legions of people whose childhoods and adult lives were wrecked by sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI is an unloved pontiff who will not be missed. Victims of the epidemic of sex- and child-abuse scandals that erupted under Benedict’s papacy…
Pope’s butler goes on trial for theft of letters exposing corruption claims
The pope’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, 46, smiled and joked on Saturday as his trial for stealing Benedict XVI’s most private correspondence got under way at the Vatican. The man who claims he was working as an “agent of the Holy Spirit” when he leaked letters exposing corruption allegations at…
Pope appoints doctrinal watchdog with links to ‘Marxist’ Catholics
Gerhard Ludwig Müller, who has defended liberation theologists and written a book on the poor, will lead key department Pope Benedict on Monday appointed as the Roman Catholic church’s doctrinal watchdog a fellow German with links to liberation theology, the interpretation of Christianity that conservatives have deplored as Marxism with…
Vatican leaks rumble Pope Benedict as butler is arrested
The Vatican is hunting for the masterminds of leaks that have enraged the Holy See, with few believing the pope’s arrested butler was behind the scandal, Italian media reported on Sunday. Vatican officials confirmed Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI’s personal butler Paolo Gabriele was arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents from the pontiff’s private study…
Violence blights pope’s Easter peace appeal
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace in the world’s troublespots in his Easter Sunday message but one of the holiest days for Christians was marred by fresh violence in Nigeria and Syria. At least 20 people were killed in northern Nigeria in a car bombing outside a…
Pope commissions custom-blended eau de cologne
By Tom Kington– Fragrance, which mixes hints of lime tree, verbena and grass, was concocted by Italian boutique perfume maker Silvana Casoli He is picky about his robes and his red shoes are tailor-made, but Pope Benedict has taken the meaning of bespoke to a whole new level by ordering…
Pope wants to see Fidel Castro on Cuba trip: source
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict wants to see Fidel Castro on his trip to Cuba next month but the meeting will depend on the health of the communist country’s revolutionary leader, a senior Vatican official told Reuters on Saturday. The official, speaking of the sidelines of a ceremony after…
Pope: Same sex marriage a threat to humanity’s future
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined “the future of humanity itself.” The pope made some of his strongest comments against gay marriage in a new year address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the…
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