Abortion, conscience protection and bioethics took center stage as Benedict XVI and U.S. President Barack Obama met for the first time today. The Pope received the president, who was in Italy for the Group of Eight summit that end today in L'Aquila, for about a half hour in a private, closed-door meeting. In a communiqué issued shortly after the meeting concluded, the Vatican reported that the "conversation turned first of all to questions which are in the interests of all and which constitute a great challenge for the future of every nation and for the true progress of peoples, such as the defense and promotion of life and the right to abide by one's conscience."
Obama Meets Pope Benedict XVI (Video)
CBS News: At the end of his stay in Italy for the G-8 summit, President Barack Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican.
Excommunicated (Austrian) Female "Bishop" After Being Denied Communion, Seizes HostThe Sunday worship celebration in the Parish of St. Peter in Linz did not make the excommunicated "Bishop" Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger as happy as she would have wished. Bishop Ludwig Schwarz refused her communion with the Host. Then she took the wafer herself...Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger was dressed as a Bishop when she appeared at the Mass in official dress with a large pectoral Cross...
[Unbelievable! What arrogance, pride and rebellion infects the souls of people like this!]
Homosexual Adult Altar-Server Files Human Rights Complaint against Bishop for Dismissal
Jim Corcoran, the owner of one of Canada's largest and most lavish spas, has launched a human rights complaint against the Bishop of Peterborough Ontario for refusing him permission to continue to serve as an altar server...
Union accuses Bishop Martino of mocking Pope
Scanton leader opposes teachers' worker organization
Colombian bishops call on President to call it quits
Bogata cardinal: Better for him to leave after second term
Brains of 38 Catholic nuns studied after death
Findings: Language skills predict dementia risk
Massachusetts is first to fight US marriage law
State challenging constitutionality of definition
St. John Neumann's stole to be Obama gift to Pope
National Shrine rector: 'It's a sacred gift'
Italian court: Venice sex fair may go ahead
Mayor tried to ban event over 'urban decorum' fears
Irish Catholics say tree stump looks like Mary
'It really is unreal. Every one of us could see it'
Vermont diocese faces two new lawsuits
Accused of shifting Church assets to avoid payouts
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Sotomayor's secret files: What don't the Democrats want us to see?
We wonder what Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has to hide. Her confirmation hearing starts Monday, but the White House refuses to turn over boxes of documents for review about her past. Republican senators requested board meeting minutes of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, where Ms. Sotomayor served on the board of directors from 1980 to 1992. White House Counsel Greg Craig contends that all documents deemed "responsive" already were sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee...
[More of the Fraudster's "Transparency"...]
Swine flu deaths in Britain double; Health experts warn of epidemic in London 'within days'
Frank proposes home loan plan for jobless
[Yippee! Free food, free healthcare, free houses, free cars, free everything! Only thing missing- JOBS!]
China Demands Currency Reform, France Backs Debate
MICROSOFT Chief: In 10 years, computers will know your intent
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