Spain's Liberal Plans Spark Church Counterattack
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Relations between Spain's government and  its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power  earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the  church is putting up a fight.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones has risked further uproar with an attempt to repair the damage caused by his racist comments about Thierry Henry.
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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalise homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same-sex marriages -- but the move sparked fury within a still influential Roman Catholic Church.
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CHICAGO -- The Conference of Catholic Bishops, which aims to bring church leaders together, is once again riddled by deep division.
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A growing religious movement sees potential to shift a blue state's hue.
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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MADRID, Spain, SEPT. 20, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- Spanish bishops warn that a plan by the Socialist government to liberalize the divorce law will bring "more divorces and more suffering." A draft bill, which would ...
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Spain's prime minister calls for international efforts to resolve divisions between the Western and Muslim world.
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A conference called to further mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims over their shared history on the Iberian peninsula has been marred by catcalling and acrimony.
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Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has been cleared of accusations that its opposition to abortion violated a law banning priests from mixing in politics, but the church said Monday it will mount a campaign to change the law it believes is too restrictive.
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The Catholic Church blasted the government's plans to legalize gay marriage, saying Monday it would be like releasing a "virus" into Spanish society.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said he could help Israel rally the support of Arab states and advance the chances for peace, not only with the Palestinians but throughout the region.
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Spain is set to become one of only a  handful of countries to approve therapeutic cloning, despite  opposition from the Catholic Church.
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Spain's government uses a top football match to promote the EU's proposed constitution.
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Pope Benedict XVI began a brief visit to Spain by underscoring Roman Catholic Church opposition to the liberal policies of Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero&#039;s government.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain moved to quench any notion of a sea-change in its attitude to the use of contraceptives, saying remarks by one of its top people had been misunderstood and that doctrine ...