Catholic News Headlines / Links [11-29-10] (late edition)

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Twelve people arrested in connection with recent massacre at Baghdad cathedral [11/29]

Pope Benedict commends Church in the Philippines "for seeking to play its part in support of human life from conception until natural death, and in defense of the integrity of marriage and the family" [11/29]

North Korea's deadly attack on South Korean island damaged the island's sole Catholic parish [11/29]

Catholic commentator says the 'real problem' isn't the Pope's controversial remarks on c*nd*ms but a "'dialogue with the world' that reduces the Pope to a conversationalist instead of the Vicar of Christ"; Author asserts, "As the media firestorm demonstrates, it was nothing short of folly for the Pope to provide a journalist with more than 200 pages of freewheeling remarks, many concerning the most sensitive theological and moral subjects, with a disclaimer that none of it represents Church teaching, but only the Pope sharing his personal opinions with an interviewer" [11/29]

Church in Ireland in need of radical renewal, says Dublin archbishop [11/29]

Pope Benedict holds worldwide pro-life vigil on eve of Advent season; Holy Father emphasizes the right to life and speaks of "cultural tendencies that seek to anesthetize consciences with spurious arguments", "the selfishness of adults", and "the clouding of consciences" [11/29]

Holy Father's prayer for nascent human life [11/29]

Pope Benedict to travel to West African country of Benin in November 2011 [11/29]

Jesuit astrophysicist says Hawking's theory that the universe created itself from nothing lacks "scientific rigor and validity" [11/29]

Newly ordained priest in Brazil robbed, killed [11/29]

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