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Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition
to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting
with President Barack Obama on July 10, 2009,
pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who
is already under fire on those issues from some
conservative Catholics and bishops back home. [1]
Even in his gift to the U.S. leader, the pope sought to
underscore his beliefs. Benedict gave Obama a copy
of a Vatican document on bioethics that hardened
the church's opposition to using embryos for stem
cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. Obama
supports stem cell research. [1]
Obama is very popular in Italy, and hundreds of
people lining the broad avenue leading to St. Peter's
Square cheered his limousine as it went by. Obama
waved. His election presented a challenge for the
Vatican after eight years of common ground with
President George W. Bush in opposing abortion, an
issue that drew them together despite Vatican
opposition to the war in Iraq. [1]
[1] Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells AP
News July 10 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_obama_vatican
Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition
to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting
with President Barack Obama on July 10, 2009,
pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who
is already under fire on those issues from some
conservative Catholics and bishops back home. [1]
Even in his gift to the U.S. leader, the pope sought to
underscore his beliefs. Benedict gave Obama a copy
of a Vatican document on bioethics that hardened
the church's opposition to using embryos for stem
cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. Obama
supports stem cell research. [1]
Obama is very popular in Italy, and hundreds of
people lining the broad avenue leading to St. Peter's
Square cheered his limousine as it went by. Obama
waved. His election presented a challenge for the
Vatican after eight years of common ground with
President George W. Bush in opposing abortion, an
issue that drew them together despite Vatican
opposition to the war in Iraq. [1]
[1] Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells AP
News July 10 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_obama_vatican
Evangelical church forces museum to hide hominid fossils
Evangelical church leaders are pressing Kenya's national
museum to relegate to a back room its world-famous collection
of hominid fossils showing the evolution of humans' early
ancestors. The museum's collections include the most
complete skeleton yet found of Homo erectus, the 1.7-million-
year-old Turkana Boy unearthed by Leakey's team in 1984 near
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.
While, Bishop Bonifes Adoyo, head of the largest Pentecostal
church in Kenya, said "our doctrine is not that we evolved from
apes. "
Evolutionary theory is not anti-faith. It’s important to find a
compromise between faith and theory.
Reference: Scientist Fights Church Effort to Hide Museum's Pre-
Human Fossils LiveScience Sun Dec 3, 11:55 AM ET
Evangelical church leaders are pressing Kenya's national
museum to relegate to a back room its world-famous collection
of hominid fossils showing the evolution of humans' early
ancestors. The museum's collections include the most
complete skeleton yet found of Homo erectus, the 1.7-million-
year-old Turkana Boy unearthed by Leakey's team in 1984 near
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.
While, Bishop Bonifes Adoyo, head of the largest Pentecostal
church in Kenya, said "our doctrine is not that we evolved from
apes. "
Evolutionary theory is not anti-faith. It’s important to find a
compromise between faith and theory.
Reference: Scientist Fights Church Effort to Hide Museum's Pre-
Human Fossils LiveScience Sun Dec 3, 11:55 AM ET