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The pope's US visit: Media, White House, Congress embrace spokesman for religious obscurantism

It is a measure of the profound decay of American democracy that when the president of the United States welcomed the Roman Catholic pontiff to Washington last week, a major concern was that the representative of a 2,000-year-old religious institution, steeped in reaction and hostility to science and human progress, might seem to criticize the US government from the left.

Pope wants to deliver Jews 'from their darkness' | Press Esc

Pope Benedict XVI courted fresh controversy today by formally sanctioning the celebration of a Latin prayer that calls for Jews to "be delivered from their darkness" and calls for their conversion to Christianity. "In parishes, where there is a stable group of faithful who adhere to the earlier liturgical tradition, the pastor should willingly accept their requests to celebrate the Mass according to the rite of the Roman Missal published in 1962, and ensure that the welfare of these faithful

Vatican to attend Holocaust service

Archbishop reverses earlier decision not to attend the annual event in display row.

CATHOLIC LEAGUE for Religious and Civil Rights

How accountable should hired political bloggers be for their own personal writings? Should offensive comments made on the personal blogs of staff members be held against them? Links to the offending blog articles in this press release.