The Vatican newspaper, LOsservatore Romano, editorialized that President Barack Obama has operated in most areas with more caution than predicted.
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Some, But Not All A correspondent in a recent issue (Letters, 4/20) wrote that “it is a great pity that the American bishops do not choose to lead by recognizing the complexity of the issue on which they are called to teach, and then teaching in a way that produces more light and less heat.&rd
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Bishops Urge New President to Fight AIDS
AIDS and H.I.V. need to be our national priority,” said Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg
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Activists Lobby U.N. on Sri Lanka
A rebel force fighting the Sri Lankan government is refusing to let noncombatants leave the combat zone.
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Activists Lobby U.N. on Sri Lanka
Leading human rights advocates, led by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, have written an open letter calling on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate action to prevent atrocities in Sri Lanka. A rebel force fighting the Sri Lankan government, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E
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Northern Irelands Catholic bishops have met with a loyalist group in an effort to build peace… and reconciliation, said Cardinal Seán Brady.
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Invitation Stokes a National Controversy
Notre Dames invitation to President Obama is the latest in a series of controversies concerning the identity of Catholic colleges.
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Scholars: Promote Religious Freedom
There is this erroneous notion that its unconstitutional if we are talking to religious leaders around the world, said Thomas F. Farr.
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Richardson Honored in Rome
Archbishop Sheehan introduced the governor to Pope Benedict, saying, Holy Father, this is our governor and he just repealed the death penalty.
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Vatican Objects to Remarks on Israel
The Vatican called Irans president’s recent remarks about Israel at a U.N. conference on racism as extremist and unacceptable