Pope Benedict XVI said on March 17 during his trip to Cameroon, “You can't resolve it (AIDS) with the distribution of condoms.” The Pope suggests that not condoms but abstinence is the true answer to the tragic AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the first explicit statement on the issue by Pope Benedict.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0901232.htm
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0901232.htm
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Holocaust denial update
Though Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson had his excommunication (which was unrelated to his views on the Holocaust), lifted recently, several bishops are underscoring the spiritual harm and historical inaccuracy of denying the Holocaust. In fact, it may be a sin to do so. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900582.htm
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Holocaust denial controversy
An excommunicated traditionalist bishop (Richard Williamson) from the controversial Society of St. Pius X, who minimalized and denied the atrocities of the Holocaust, was welcomed back into the Church by Pope Benedict XVI on January 21, 2009.
This has caused a stir- the German Chancellor demanded that the Vatican clearly state the harm of denying the Holocaust. This the Pope has done more than once.
Some (such as the Jewish radio talk show host Steve Malzberg) are not satisfied. Malzberg complained about the lifting of the Bishop's excommunication on his show on February 3. He suggested that perhaps it should not have been lifted at all, due to his Holocaust statements.
However, his excommunication- and its lifting- bore absolutely no relation to his Holocaust statements. It is not usually the Church's practice to excommunicate over statements or actions unless they conflict directly with the teachings and laws of the Church. Bishop Williamson was excommunicated because he accepted ordination against papal orders.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900516.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEng.jhtml?itemNo=1058236&contrassID=19&subContrassID=1&title=
This has caused a stir- the German Chancellor demanded that the Vatican clearly state the harm of denying the Holocaust. This the Pope has done more than once.
Some (such as the Jewish radio talk show host Steve Malzberg) are not satisfied. Malzberg complained about the lifting of the Bishop's excommunication on his show on February 3. He suggested that perhaps it should not have been lifted at all, due to his Holocaust statements.
However, his excommunication- and its lifting- bore absolutely no relation to his Holocaust statements. It is not usually the Church's practice to excommunicate over statements or actions unless they conflict directly with the teachings and laws of the Church. Bishop Williamson was excommunicated because he accepted ordination against papal orders.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900516.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEng.jhtml?itemNo=1058236&contrassID=19&subContrassID=1&title=
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