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French left hits back at Church over same-sex marriage

August 22, 2019 at 6:41 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France's governing Socialist Party hit back hard at the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday for campaigning against its plan to legalize same-sex marriage, heralding a bruising debate...

Rebel Catholic group expels Holocaust-denying bishop

August 23, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters)- A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson who deeply embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust shortly before he was readmitted to the Church...

Rebel Catholic group expels Holocaust-denying bishop

May 13, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters)- A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson who deeply embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust shortly before he was readmitted to the Church...

No more talks with Catholic rebels: Vatican official

August 23, 2021 at 3:23 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters)- The Vatican plans no more talks with rebel Catholic traditionalists who insist the Church must revoke modernizing reforms launched five decades ago, Pope Benedict's main doctrinal official has...

No more talks with Catholic rebels: Vatican official

August 22, 2019 at 6:11 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters)- The Vatican plans no more talks with rebel Catholic traditionalists who insist the Church must revoke modernizing reforms launched five decades ago, Pope Benedict's main doctrinal official has...

German court backs Catholic Church against tax opt-outs

August 23, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's top administrative court agreed with Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday that German believers who refuse to pay a special church tax could be shut out of...

German court backs Catholic Church against tax opt-outs

August 22, 2019 at 5:59 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's top administrative court agreed with Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday that German believers who refuse to pay a special church tax could be shut out of...

France bans protests over Prophet Mohammad cartoons

August 23, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France banned protests on Friday against cartoons published by a satirical weekly denigrating Islam's Prophet Mohammad as part of a security clamp-down while prayers took place across...

France bans protests over Prophet Mohammad cartoons

August 22, 2019 at 5:54 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France banned protests on Friday against cartoons published by a satirical weekly denigrating Islam's Prophet Mohammad as part of a security clamp-down while prayers took place across...

Pope never considered canceling delicate Lebanon visit

August 23, 2021 at 2:09 p.m.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's visit to Lebanon ranked as potentially his most dangerous even before this week's protests in the Middle East raised the stakes, but he said on...

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