Articles on this issue "media"

Move on Morning-After Pill Called "Reckless"

U.S. Bishops Assail Plan to Ease Sales of Potentially Abortifacient Drug

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The U.S. bishops' conference is opposing a federal panel's approval to make a "morning after pill" available without a prescription. "A drug which destroys human embryos and puts women at …

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Navarro-Valls Surmises Why the Media Are So Interested in Pope

Addresses an Academic Gathering in Honor of John Paul II

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The secret of the media's interest in John Paul II lies in his capacity "to re-establish a common system of reference," according to Vatican press office director Joaquín Navarro-Valls. …

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Why BBC Was Wrong About AIDS Prevention

SPUC Director Says Science Backs Up Church's Emphasis on Chastity

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A recent television program on AIDS prevention failed to note that scientific evidence indicates the Catholic Church is right when it advocates abstinence and marital fidelity, says a pro-life …

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Missionary Institute's AsiaNews Goes Online

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The Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions now has an online edition of its AsiaNews service. The agency, which has been publishing social, cultural and religious news on Asia since 1986, …

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Vatican Addresses Conference in Dublin on Drug Abuse

"The Situation Is Growing Worse"

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Here is the address delivered by Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, head of the Holy See's Delegation to the Ministerial Conference sponsored by the Pompidou Group on the struggle against drug …

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BBC Assailed by Bishops of England and Wales

Programs Have Offended Many Catholics, They Say

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The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales complained about programs on the country's public television channel that "have given offense to many Catholics." The bishops, in Rome on …

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Holy See's Proposal on Prevention of Drug Use

Address to U.N. Committee

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Here is the text of an address given by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer at the United Nations, to a committee analyzing the problem of international control of …

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Holy See Calls for Support of Family to Prevent Drug Addiction

Addresses the United Nations

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The Vatican called at the United Nations for policies that support the family, an indispensable instrument in the struggle against drugs. "A great number of researches clearly demonstrate a …

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Spokesman Assails Reports of Pope Undergoing Dialysis

No Truth in Them, Says Navarro-Valls

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The Vatican's spokesman criticized as "irresponsible" media reports that John Paul II had undergone dialysis. Joaquín Navarro-Valls, director of the Vatican press office, categorically denied …

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New ZENIT Feature Begins Thursday

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This Thursday ZENIT will launch a new feature called "Rome Notes." Each week, ZENIT journalist Delia Gallagher will offer a personal, insider's view of events in Rome and the Vatican. A Rome …

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BBC Hostile to the Church, Says Archbishop

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A Catholic archbishop assailed BBC, accusing it of a "hostile" attitude to the Church and claiming its reporters had harassed a sick priest, the Guardian newspaper reported. Archbishop Vincent …

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When Deviant Behavior Gets Respectable

How Academia Refined Away Social Problems

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Last Aug. 6 marked the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's encyclical on themes related to moral theology, "Veritatis Splendor." In the introduction the Pope observed: "No one can escape from …

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Australia to Require Human-Embryo Drug Labeling

To Inform Consumers Who Have Ethical Concerns

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Australian consumers will be the first in the world to know when human embryos, human embryonic stem cells, or materials derived from embryos or stem cells are used in the manufacture or …

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Pope's Ailment Not Seen as Serious, Says Vatican Spokesman

Navarro-Valls Indicates Papal Agenda Won't Change for Now

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John Paul II's spokesman downplayed the intestinal ailment that prevented the Pope from attending today's general audience. "[It] is simply an intestinal indisposition which, moreover, has not …

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Blind to the Spirit: How the Media Treat Religion

Reporters Just Don't Get It

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Complaints about how the media treat the Catholic Church and religion-in-general aren't new. In a speech to a journalism convention here, Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. episcopal …

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