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Now Pope Benedict XVI Says Condoms Cannot Be Used For Artificial Contraception

Use Condoms During Sex With Prostitutes

For those who favor the use of artificial contraceptives, be ready for some disappointment.  The Vatican City has now clarified Pope Benedict XVI’s statement on the use of condoms.  Pope Benedict XVI had earlier suggested his approval on the use of condoms for certain sexual situations specifically prostitution, with his remarks [...]

Condoms Approved For Certain Situations, Says Pope Benedict VI

Long-Time Ban On Contraceptives

Since time immemorial, the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican City has opposed the use of contraceptives.  Millions of Catholic pilgrims are banned from using condoms, birth control pills, or any other contraceptive devices during sexual intercourse.  However, in a shift away from the Vatican City’s long-established stance, Pope Benedict XVI said that [...]

Pope Benedict XVI Pushes For Religious Freedom In Muslim States

All People To Practice Faith Openly

With a clarion call delivered from a Vatican document, Pope Benedict XVI called for all states to guarantee religious freedom – which in other words, for all people to “practice their faith publicly”.  In the document, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church respected all religions and recommitted the Vatican’s stance [...]

Pope Benedict XVI And Italian Government Monitoring Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s Stoning Case Even As She Was Lashed 99 Times

Pope And Vatican Monitoring Developments

Amid the international uproar over the death-by-stoning sentence of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican City said that Pope Benedict XVI is now monitoring developments of this case intently.  Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said that Pope Benedict XVI  will act through diplomatic channels if asked by [...]

Allah Ruling – Arsonists Convicted For Firebombing Of Metro Tabernacle Church

“Don’t Play With Fire”

Finally, there is some closure to the torching of the Metro Tabernacle church in the aftermath of the Allah ruling on December 31, 2009 by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan that the word “Allah” predates Islam and is thus not exclusive to Muslims.  Now 2 brothers have been convicted of firebombing the [...]

Allah Ruling – Now Minister Says Roman Catholic Church Should Not Have Been Banned From Using The Allah Word

“We Should Have Let The Sleeping Dogs Lie”

The second case on the “Allah Ruling” is scheduled to start on August 9.  It is a case brought by Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, an individual from East Malaysia, against the Malaysian government.  In essence this case is similar to an earlier case between The Herald, a publication of [...]

Roman Catholic Church – Making Women As Priests Is Same As Child Sex Abuse

Same Punishment For Child Sex Abuse And Ordaining Women As Priests

Outrage, anger and ‘slap in the face on women’ – these are some expressions picked up in media reports when the Roman Catholic Church declared that the act of ordaining women as priests is as sinful as child sex abuse.  Under new religious rules set by [...]

Malaysia – Second Allah Ruling Soon, Déjà Vu?

The Case Involving Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill

The Malaysian government lost a case against The Herald, a publication of the Roman Catholic Church, when High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled that Islam does not have exclusive use of the word “Allah” and thus The Herald newspaper is free to use that term to refer to their God.  [...]

The Celibacy Of Priests In A Time Of Sexual Revolution

What Is The Cause Of Clergy Sex Abuse Cases In The Roman Catholic Church?

Perhaps the most argued fact of today is not whether celibacy perpetuates clergy sex abuse but of what calibre do modern-day priests of the Roman Catholic church represent. Cardinal William Levada, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,  implied [...]

The Roman Catholic Church In Repentance

Mea Maxima Culpa Galore

So Pope Benedict XVI has promised to take “effective measures” to protect young children from sexual abuse by priests of the Roman Catholic Church.  And for the first time the Vatican has issued written guidelines that authorize bishops to report priests caught in sexual abuse cases to the police as required by civil [...]