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The Pope and taxes

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

The blogosphere has come to life with the Vatican announcing that Pope Benedict XVI will issue a doctrinal pronouncement condemning tax evasion as "socially unjust" and denouncing tax havens and offshore bank accounts, claiming this reduces tax revenues for the benefit of society as a whole.Read the full story

Pope wants to deliver Jews ‘from their darkness’ | Press Esc

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Pope Benedict XVI courted fresh controversy today by formally sanctioning the celebration of a Latin prayer that calls for Jews to "be delivered from their darkness" and calls for their conversion to Christianity. "In parishes, where there is a stable group of faithful who adhere to the earlier liturgical tradition, the ...