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Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Hilary of Arles. Not Created by Governments Vatican During a May 4 audience with members of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, Pope Benedict XVI offered a …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Hilary of Arles.

Not Created by Governments

Vatican

During a May 4 audience with members of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, Pope Benedict XVI offered a brief exposition of the Catholic understanding of human rights. The Academy has completied its 15th plenary session in Rome. The Pope said that human rights "are inherent in the very nature of man. This nature was created in the image and likeness of God. Therefore human rights are not created by governments. They rather find their "origin in the very structure of man's being."

Wrong Message

UK

Auxiliary Bishop William Kenney of Birmingham, England, has denounced a plan to provide a “morning after” pill to young girls in middle schools. The proposal, the bishop said, "is sending out the message that it was better to deal with the aftermath of what people do, rather than the causes." He recommended that parents-- not schools-- should be encouraged to assume more active supervision of their children's moral education and behavior.

Rabbis Welcome the Pope

Israel

More than 100 rabbis have signed “United in Our Age,” a statement welcoming Pope Benedict to Israel. “We-- rabbis and Jewish leaders-- warmly welcome you and your mission of peace to Israel,” the statement says. “With one voice, we are united in our commitment to interreligious dialogue, to opening more paths to increased understanding, and to continually recognize and strengthen the important relationship between Catholics and Jews worldwide.”

Pope Pius XII has Been Unfairly Vilified

United States

Jewish researcher Garry Krupp, head of the “Pave the Way Foundation”, writes on Sunday in the Daily News that Pope Pius XII has been unfairly vilified for his failure to respond to the Holocaust, when the historical record shows that the wartime Pope did a great deal to protect Jews from the Nazi genocide.
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