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	<title>ADF Alliance Alert &#187; Topic: Vatican</title>
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		<title>Vatican backs European personhood initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/vatican-backs-european-personhood-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-backs-european-personhood-initiative?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines+%28LifeSiteNews.com+Latest+Headlines%29">LifeSiteNews</a>: The Vatican is backing a petition campaign in the European Union that seeks a debate about enshrining personhood for the unborn from the moment of conception. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/vatican-backs-european-personhood-initiative/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parents Must be Free to Homeschool, Says Papal Delegation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/parents-must-be-free-to-homeschool-says-papal-delegation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/parents-must-be-free-to-homeschool-says-papal-delegation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Home School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/9690119657.html">Christian Newswire</a>: The Holy See mission to the United Nations assembly in New York called upon UN Member States to respect the right of parents to homeschool their children in a statement before the United Nations two weeks ago.
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		<title>Al-Qaeda sought to bring Islam to Ireland as problems with Catholic Church increased</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/al-qaeda-sought-to-bring-islam-to-ireland-as-problems-with-catholic-church-increased/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/al-qaeda-sought-to-bring-islam-to-ireland-as-problems-with-catholic-church-increased/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Al-Qaeda--sought-to-bring-Islam-to-Ireland-as-problems-with-Catholic-Church-grew-150141885.html">Irish Central</a>: Prior to his death, al-Qaeda ring-leader Osama bin Laden was urged by Adam Gadahn, the American al-Qaeda spokesman, to consider reaching out to the Irish population in hopes of getting them to convert to Islam.
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		<title>Vatican to the UN: all parents have the right to homeschool</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Pacific Justice Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Home School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: School Choice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool">LifeSiteNews</a>: “The State should respect the choices that parents make for their children and avoid attempts at ideological indoctrination,” the permanent observer mission of the Holy See to the United Nations wrote in a statement released last Tuesday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Gay marriage: Pope representatives calls for Catholic alliance with Muslim and Jewish groups&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: United Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9232269/Gay-marriage-Pope-representatives-calls-for-Catholic-alliance-with-Muslim-and-Jewish-groups.html">Telegraph</a>: The Pope’s representative in Britain has urged Roman Catholic leaders to form a united front with their Muslim and Jewish counterparts to oppose gay marriage. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican: Some China bishops &#8216;usurp&#8217; church power</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_CHINA?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-04-26-08-50-37">AP</a>: The issue of who should appoint bishops has been a key obstacle to Pope Benedict XVI's goal of improving relations with Beijing. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citing doctrinal problems, Vatican announces reforms of US nuns&#8217; group</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Feminism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201584.htm">Catholic News Service</a>: Citing "serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life," the Vatican announced a major reform of an association of women's religious congregations in the U.S. to ensure their fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women's ordination and homosexuality. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Cardinal: If Catholic employers provide contraceptive coverage they cooperate in sin</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/vatican-cardinal-if-catholic-employers-provide-contraceptive-coverage-they-cooperate-in-sin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/vatican-cardinal-if-catholic-employers-provide-contraceptive-coverage-they-cooperate-in-sin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Conscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Obamacare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-cardinal-if-catholic-employers-provide-contraceptive-coverage-1">LifeSiteNews</a>:   The upcoming episode of Catholic Action Insight hosted by Thomas McKenna to air on EWTN on Wednesday, April 11 at 2:30pm and April 13 at 9:00pm EST will surely ignite discussion among Catholics on the impending mandate which is an attack on religious liberty.  In this interview, Cardinal Raymond Burke speaks out for the first time in a public interview on matters of faith, religious liberty, and culpability in relation to this threatened mandate for employers. (interview excerpts included)
 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/vatican-cardinal-if-catholic-employers-provide-contraceptive-coverage-they-cooperate-in-sin/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>43 arrested in post-papal visit Cuba crackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/43-arrested-in-post-papal-visit-cuba-crackdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/43-arrested-in-post-papal-visit-cuba-crackdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/43-arrested-post-papal-visit-cuba-crackdown-213447808.html">AFP on Yahoo</a><!--more-->: At least 43 Cuban dissidents have been arrested in areas near where Pope Benedict XVI visited last week, dissidents said Tuesday, as the United States urged their immediate release. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/43-arrested-in-post-papal-visit-cuba-crackdown/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Christians struggle, even after papal visit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/cubas-christians-struggle-even-after-papal-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/cubas-christians-struggle-even-after-papal-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/02/4383397/cubas-christians-struggle-even.html">Sacramento Bee</a>: After two papal visits, support is growing for the Roman Catholic Church among long-suffering Cubans. Yet support from the Communist Party that rules the island nation . . .  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/cubas-christians-struggle-even-after-papal-visit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope wraps Cuba visit with Mass, Fidel meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pope-wraps-cuba-visit-with-mass-fidel-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pope-wraps-cuba-visit-with-mass-fidel-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Cuba]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_CUBA_POPE?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-03-28-12-02-02">AP</a>: Pope Benedict XVI demanded greater freedom for the Catholic Church in Cuba during an unusually politicized Mass before hundreds of thousands of people Wednesday . . .  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pope-wraps-cuba-visit-with-mass-fidel-meeting/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope says communism does not work in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/pope-says-communism-does-not-work-in-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/pope-says-communism-does-not-work-in-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict said on Friday communism no longer works in Cuba and that the Roman Catholic Church was ready to help the island find new ways of moving forward without "trauma." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/pope-says-communism-does-not-work-in-cuba/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican official condemns UN report urging laws protecting homosexuals from ‘discrimination’</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/vatican-official-condemns-un-report-urging-laws-protecting-homosexuals-from-%e2%80%98discrimination%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/vatican-official-condemns-un-report-urging-laws-protecting-homosexuals-from-%e2%80%98discrimination%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-official-condemns-un-report-urging-laws-protecting-homosexuals-from">LifeSiteNews</a>: The Vatican’s principal representative before the United Nations, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, is objecting to demands to outlaw “discrimination” against homosexuals in a report commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council, on “Discriminatory Laws and Practices and Acts of Violence against Individuals based on their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/vatican-official-condemns-un-report-urging-laws-protecting-homosexuals-from-%e2%80%98discrimination%e2%80%99/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dissidents occupy Cuba church, seek papal audience</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/dissidents-occupy-cuba-church-seek-papal-audience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/dissidents-occupy-cuba-church-seek-papal-audience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_CUBA_POPE_DISSIDENTS?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-03-14-15-57-39">AP</a>: Thirteen Cuban dissidents have holed up in a Roman Catholic church in Havana to press for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits in two weeks . . .  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/dissidents-occupy-cuba-church-seek-papal-audience/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican archbishop rebukes Blair over his support for marriage redefinition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/vatican-archbishop-rebukes-blair-over-his-support-for-marriage-redefinition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/vatican-archbishop-rebukes-blair-over-his-support-for-marriage-redefinition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: United Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thetablet.co.uk/latest-news/3927">The Tablet</a>: He said: "If the stories in the press about Blair's thinking are true, I think he should examine his conscience carefully", Vatican Insider reported. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/vatican-archbishop-rebukes-blair-over-his-support-for-marriage-redefinition/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict Attacked for Defending Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-benedict-attacked-for-defending-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-benedict-attacked-for-defending-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/877919158.html">Christian Newswire</a>: Human Life International President Father Shenan J. Boquet today defended Pope Benedict XVI, whose statement in defense of chastity and traditional marriage has started an uproar in the media. The Holy Father was speaking to several U.S. Bishops who were in Rome for an ad limina visit.  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-benedict-attacked-for-defending-marriage/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Addresses United States Bishops On Crisis Of Marriage And The Family</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-addresses-united-states-bishops-on-crisis-of-marriage-and-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-addresses-united-states-bishops-on-crisis-of-marriage-and-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=all&#038;dl=38547b27-d9e1-b8ed-100b-4f59fa3a7c68&#038;dl_t=text/xml&#038;dl_a=y&#038;ul=1&#038;ev=1">Vatican Information Service</a>: This morning in the Vatican Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, who have recently competed their "ad limina" visit. Extracts of his English-language remarks to them are given below:
 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pope-addresses-united-states-bishops-on-crisis-of-marriage-and-the-family/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican website taken down by pro-abortion hackers</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vatican-website-taken-down-by-pro-abortion-hackers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vatican-website-taken-down-by-pro-abortion-hackers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-website-taken-down-by-pro-abortion-hackers">LifeSiteNews</a>: Hackers claiming ties to the high profile group Anonymous are taking credit after the Vatican website went down Wednesday, claiming they are going after the “corrupt” Catholic Church over the clergy sex abuse scandal as well as its stances against abortion and contraception. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vatican-website-taken-down-by-pro-abortion-hackers/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holy See: Rising restrictions on religion affect more than 2 billion people.</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/holy-see-rising-restrictions-on-religion-affect-more-than-2-billion-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/holy-see-rising-restrictions-on-religion-affect-more-than-2-billion-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=567949">Vatican Radio</a>: The Holy See Delegation has addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on the subject of religious freedom. Archbishop Silvano M.Tomasi said in many countries “the gap is growing between widely accepted stated principles, and their daily application on the ground.” He pointed out “rising restrictions on religion affect more than 2.2 billion people. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/holy-see-rising-restrictions-on-religion-affect-more-than-2-billion-people/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Scalia tells Catholics to brave the scorn of worldly people</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/justice-scalia-tells-catholics-to-brave-the-scorn-of-worldly-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/justice-scalia-tells-catholics-to-brave-the-scorn-of-worldly-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bench & Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Bench and Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court: U.S. Supreme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20095806">Denver Post</a>: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia today told a standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 Catholics to have "the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity" by society's sophisticates.
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		<title>Trouble in Vatican: Pontifical Academy members upset with ethics deficit at infertility conference</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: IVF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Surrogacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at">LifeSiteNews</a>: A gathering of the Vatican’s own academy for promoting respect for life was met with palpable discontent from its own members and other registrants after presenters on the topic of infertility alluded to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other artificial reproduction technologies as “natural” and legitimate for treating patients, despite their conflict with Catholic moral teaching. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope raps IVF, calls for research on other treatment for fertility</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/pope-raps-ivf-calls-for-research-on-other-treatment-for-fertility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/pope-raps-ivf-calls-for-research-on-other-treatment-for-fertility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Bioethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: IVF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13466">Catholic Culture</a>: Proper treatment on infertility, the Pope said, should be “most respectful of the human condition of the people involved.” He decried the current approach, dominated by “scientism and the logic of profit,” and said that the heavy promotion of in vitro fertilization is restricting research on more promising techniques. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/pope-raps-ivf-calls-for-research-on-other-treatment-for-fertility/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reward or Punishment. How Beijing Sanctions the Bishops</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/reward-or-punishment-how-beijing-sanctions-the-bishops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/reward-or-punishment-how-beijing-sanctions-the-bishops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350177?eng=y">Chiesa.espressonline.it</a>: Reward for those who obey the regime, punishment for those who are faithful to the pope. The bishop invited to Munich by the Community of Saint Egidio belongs to the first category. Here is a profile of him, set alongside that of a bishop who instead has been punished.  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/reward-or-punishment-how-beijing-sanctions-the-bishops/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Weigel: The Catholic Betrayal of Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/george-weigel-the-catholic-betrayal-of-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/george-weigel-the-catholic-betrayal-of-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Conscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[George Weigel at <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/291455/catholic-betrayal-religious-freedom-george-weigel">National Review Online</a>: t was not surprising that ill-educated Catholics in Congress rushed to embrace President Obama’s “accommodation” on the HHS mandate on sterilization and contraception (including possible abortifacients), or that the faux accommodation was defended, if risibly, by another embodiment of Catholic Lite, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/george-weigel-the-catholic-betrayal-of-religious-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican told to pay taxes as Italy tackles budget crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/vatican-told-to-pay-taxes-as-italy-tackles-budget-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/vatican-told-to-pay-taxes-as-italy-tackles-budget-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Church Sovereignty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vatican-told-to-pay-taxes-as-italy-tackles-budget-crisis-6988938.html">The Independent</a>: End of controversial property tax breaks leaves the Pope facing €600m-a-year bill <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/vatican-told-to-pay-taxes-as-italy-tackles-budget-crisis/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope: Large families a witness to faith, source of ‘wealth and hope’ to nation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/pope-large-families-a-witness-to-faith-source-of-%e2%80%98wealth-and-hope%e2%80%99-to-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-large-families-a-witness-to-faith-source-of-wealth-and-hope-to-nation">LifeSiteNews.com</a>: Families are a witness to “faith, courage and optimism” when they welcome many children even amid today’s social environment, said Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/pope-large-families-a-witness-to-faith-source-of-%e2%80%98wealth-and-hope%e2%80%99-to-nation/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Vatican, British declaration stresses commitment to religious freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/joint-vatican-british-declaration-stresses-commitment-to-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/joint-vatican-british-declaration-stresses-commitment-to-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: United Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13347">Catholic Culture</a>: A February 15 meeting between Vatican officials and a visiting British diplomatic delegation ended in a joint statement emphasizing a shared commitment to promote and protect religious freedom. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/joint-vatican-british-declaration-stresses-commitment-to-religious-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope hits out at `radical secularism&#8217; &#124; AP</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Conscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Secularism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_US?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-01-19-13-25-03">News from The Associated Press</a>: Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the "grave threats" to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Gay marriage a threat to humanity&#8217;s future: Pope&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/gay-marriage-a-threat-to-humanitys-future-pope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/gay-marriage-a-threat-to-humanitys-future-pope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-pope-gay-idUSTRE8081RM20120109">Reuters</a>: Pope Benedict said Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humanity itself." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/gay-marriage-a-threat-to-humanitys-future-pope/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Porn merchant angling for Vatican web traffic?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/porn-merchant-angling-for-vatican-web-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/porn-merchant-angling-for-vatican-web-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12764">Catholic Culture</a>: An unidentified buyer has purchased the internet address "vatican.xxx," raising the possibility that a pornographic site could occupy that space on the web. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/porn-merchant-angling-for-vatican-web-traffic/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Mullen: If Christianity goes, so does Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/peter-mullen-if-christianity-goes-so-does-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/peter-mullen-if-christianity-goes-so-does-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever the future holds, we need to understand that the economic collapse is not the main crisis which engulfs Europe. More significantly, we see the EU developing into the ever-tighter totalitarianism which was envisaged from its inception. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/peter-mullen-if-christianity-goes-so-does-europe/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Cardinal Burke: ‘We’re well on the way’ to Christian persecution in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/vatican-cardinal-burke-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-well-on-the-way%e2%80%99-to-christian-persecution-in-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/vatican-cardinal-burke-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-well-on-the-way%e2%80%99-to-christian-persecution-in-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-cardinal-burke-were-well-on-the-way-to-christian-persecution-in-the">LifeSiteNews.com</a>: One of the highest ranking cardinals in the Vatican has said that the United States is “well on the way” to the persecution of Christians. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/vatican-cardinal-burke-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-well-on-the-way%e2%80%99-to-christian-persecution-in-the-u-s/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At UN Vatican reaffirms stance against condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention &#8211; Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/at-un-vatican-reaffirms-stance-against-condoms-for-hivaids-prevention-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/at-un-vatican-reaffirms-stance-against-condoms-for-hivaids-prevention-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/at-un-vatican-reaffirms-stance-against-condoms-for-hiv-aids-prevention-anal">LifeSiteNews.com</a>: The tenacity of the Catholic Church on the issue is remarkable given the massive pressure directed at the institution on the matter. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/at-un-vatican-reaffirms-stance-against-condoms-for-hivaids-prevention-analysis/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pope on Embryonic Research: Don’t Take One Life to Save Another</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/pope-on-embryonic-research-don%e2%80%99t-take-one-life-to-save-another/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/pope-on-embryonic-research-don%e2%80%99t-take-one-life-to-save-another/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Embryonic Stem Cell Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2011/11/14/pope-on-embryonic-research-dont-take-one-live-to-save-another/">Life News</a>: Pope Benedict XVI gave an excellent speech to attendees of a bioethics conference in Rome last week and one doesn’t have to be Catholic to appreciate his sentiment that researchers shouldn’t take one human life (human embryos) to potentially save the lives of patients. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/pope-on-embryonic-research-don%e2%80%99t-take-one-life-to-save-another/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Hosts International Conference on Stem Cell Research</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/vatican-hosts-international-conference-on-stem-cell-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/vatican-hosts-international-conference-on-stem-cell-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Stem Cell Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Vatican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2011/11/09/vatican-hosts-international-conference-on-stem-cell-research/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifenews%2Fnewsfeed+%28LifeNews.com%29">LifeNews.com</a>: For the next two days (November 9-11) the Vatican is hosting an international conference on adult stem cell research titled ‘Adult Stem Cells: Science and the Future of Man and Culture.’ <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/vatican-hosts-international-conference-on-stem-cell-research/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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