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Vatican City – In his first meeting with Jewish leaders since his controversial readmission of a Holocaust-denying bishop, Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (Feb. 12) condemned the “denial or minimization” of the Holocaust as “intolerable and altogether unacceptable.” Benedict also told U.S. Jewish leaders that the Catholic Church “is profoundly and irrevocably committed” to good…

WASHINGTON (RNS) Leaders from 67 religious and humanitarian organizations have asked President Obama to reconsider U.S. opposition to global treaties that prohibit the use and transfer of landmines and cluster munitions. “Reconsidering these two treaties — and eliminating the threat that U.S. forces might use weapons that most of the world has condemned — would…

(UNDATED) Growing up in Pakistan, Salman Hameed navigated freely between his Muslim beliefs and his secular studies. Now, as an assistant professor of integrated science and humanities at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, he teaches about the scientific origins of the universe, including Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. But in recent visits to his homeland, Hameed,…

LONDON – The Church of England’s governing body, seeking to bridge stubborn differences over allowing women to become bishops, was expected to vote Wednesday on a compromise that would let traditionalist parishes be overseen by men. Though bitterly torn over homosexuality, the 77 million-member worldwide Anglican Communion has lived with differences about women as priests…
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