Tag: former Pope Benedict XVI

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Hmmm … the Independent Advisory Group’s Governance report

Dim Light Southern Cross Title: Hmmm … the Independent Advisory Group’s Governance report Author: Philippa Martyr Publisher: The Catholic Weekly Date: 05JUN2020 The Royal Commission made some sensible recommendations for changes in church governance. But they also made recommendations – like breaking the seal of the confessional – which the Church can’t introduce without altering

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Popes

In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism

Pope Benedict XVI Seewald Title: In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism Publisher: Catholic News Service Date: 04MAY2020 MUNICH (CNS) — In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the “creation

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