Pope Benedict XVI News

Sydney, Jul 20, 2008 .-Pope Benedict XVI met four victims of child sex abuse this morning at a private mass held at St.

By Philip Pullella

ROME (Reuters) - More than 50 dissident Catholic groups published an unusually frank open letter to Pope Benedict on Friday saying the Church's ban on contraception has been "catastrophic" and urging him to lift it.

The letter was published as a paid half-page advertisement in Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest newspaper, on the 40th anniversary of the late Pope Paul VI's controversial encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which enshrined the ban.

While criticism of the Vatican and its views is fairly common in articles and editorials in Italian newspapers, it is unusual for a group to take out paid advertising against the pope, particularly in a large-circulation mainstream newspaper.

Indigenous Grandmas Nearly Kicked out of Vatican ROME - A group of North American tribal grandmothers failed in their quest to get Pope Benedict XVI to rescind three Christian doctrines of "discovery" and ...

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ARANJUEZ, Spain, JULY 23, 2008 .- The Church can have great hope in the youth of today who are showing themselves to be young, committed leaders, according to the archbishop of Toledo, Spain.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, JULY 23, 2008 .- Following his 10-day international trip to Australia, Benedict XVI is spending the rest of the week at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, some 19 miles south ...

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SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 20, 2008 .- The 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney was a "wonderful experience," Benedict XVI says.

Caption: Alanis Morissette performs at the Brixton Academy London, England .... The faces of Vatican cardinals were left as red as their cassocks after realising Canadian star ALANIS MORISSETTE had understood ...

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 More than 500 members of the group NoToPope Coalition on Saturday protested the Roman Catholic ...

SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 21, 2008 .- Cardinal George Pell said the private pastoral visit Benedict XVI had with victims of sexual abuse by clergy was positive and particularly moving.

A leading animal rights groups is launching an internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican.

Tony Blair's globetrotting farewell tour cost the taxpayer more than 750,000, Government figures showed yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 21, 2008 .- Benedict XVI has shown that World Youth Days are an ordinary part of the Church's life, not just an invention of Pope John Paul II.

Forty years after the Vatican upheld the ban on birth control, the U.S.-based Catholics for Choice, which has affiliates around the world, is urging Catholics to press their bishops to help end the prohibition.

The Vatican has declined an invitation for Pope Benedict XVI to address the European Parliament at Strasbourg, according to a report by the London Times.

By Anthony Barich SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 21, 2008 .- Tim Fischer, a former Australian deputy prime minister, has been appointed the country's first resident ambassador to the Holy See.

THE Pope has left the door open for a face-to-face meeting with Australian victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy, with victims' groups calling on him to follow up Saturday's apology with concrete ...

Photo Credit: AP Photo Pope Benedict XVI thanks World Youth Day volunteers at the Domain in Sydney, Australia, Monday, July 21, 2008 for a farewell ceremony.

SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 20, 2008 .- At Benedict XVI's announcement that the next World Youth Day will be hosted by the Archdiocese of Madrid, red and yellow flags went flying up across the field in Sydney's ...