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AIDS activists welcome pope’s words on condomsLiberal Catholics, AIDS activists and health officials on Sunday welcomed Pope Benedict's comments that using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of the disease.
"It is a marvelous victory for common sense and reason, a major step forward towards recognising that condom use can play a vital role in reducing the future impact of the HIV pandemic"
- Jon O'Brien, head of the U.S. group Catholics for Choice |
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AIDS activists welcome pope’s words on condomsLiberal Catholics, AIDS activists and health officials on Sunday welcomed Pope Benedict's comments that using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of the disease. |
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Pope Benedict: think globally, act locally, urges lifestyle changes to save environment
Source: Reuters, Sun January 03, 2010 |
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Ghanaian cardinal to head Vatican’s peace officeThe pope appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to head the Vatican's justice and peace office Saturday, a high-profile post that cements his reputation as a possible future papal candidate. |
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Finger points to new da Vinci artA new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint found on it seemed similar to another discovered on his work. |
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Vatican, Arab League to work to promote peaceThe Holy See and the Arab League have agreed to work together to promote peace and justice in the world, the Vatican said Friday, after a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the league's secretary-general. |
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First solar panels installed on Vatican roofVatican City State - The first of a planned 2,400 solar panels have been installed on top of the papal audience hall at Vatican City. |
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Saudi King makes plea for new interfaith dialogueRIyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews -- the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. |
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Pope to host summit with MuslimsVatican City State - Pope Benedict XVI will host landmark Catholic-Muslim talks in November to improve ties between the two religions. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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