The Pope Stands With the Poor
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:27 AM
People stand outside Amadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, as Benedict celebrates Mass there March 19. (CNS/Reuters)
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI wrote to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the upcoming G-20 economic summit in London.
His message: Place the poorest of the poor at the very center of this week’s discussions by world leaders about the global financial crisis.
“The London Summit, just like the one in Washington in 2008, for practical and pressing reasons is limited to the convocation... READ MORE
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A Catholic British Royal Family?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, March 27, 2009 2:17 PM
The U.K.’s Guardian newspaper has reported that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is committed to ending the country’s current royal ban on Catholics.
Brown said today he will address the “anomaly,” first enshrined in the 1701 Act of Settlement, that legally banned Catholics from marrying into the British royal family.
According to the Guardian, Brown has opened discussions about... READ MORE
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