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Warsi approvingly refers to the pope's defence of the "unrenounceable Christian roots of our culture and civilisation", which, she adds, "shine through our politics, our public life, our culture, our economics, our language and our architecture".

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"I don't think the re-unification of Germany would have been possible without him," he said, referring to the pope's role in combating communism in his native Poland, the first country in the former East Bloc to become democratic.

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Yet this year's event differed in several ways that reflected the current pope's distinctive approach to interreligious dialogue.

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According to the Associated Press, Polish Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, head of the Vatican's health office, told La Repubblica newspaper that it was understandable that a pope's body remains intact because it belongs to the entire church.

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Nonsense, said William Oddie, a former editor of The Catholic Herald UK, last year as media covered the pope's visit to England and a BBC poll found more voices calling for an end to celibacy.

Might Pope Benedict consider married priests -- again? 2011

Bishops' conferences in Europe and North America tried initially to allow room for couples to "form their consciences in [the] light [of Humanae Vitae]" but were forced by the Vatican to "clarify" that Catholics must follow the pope's teaching to the letter.

Jon O'Brien: My Catholic Conscience: Doing The Right Thing For Women Jon O'Brien 2011

A December statement by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — which Musivi on Thursday called an "authoritative explanation" — insisted that the pope's words did not mark a change in Catholic moral teaching or "pastoral practice" against the use of condoms for AIDS prevention or contraception.

Vatican to update bio-ethics guide for Catholic hospitals 2011

Bishops' conferences in Europe and North America tried initially to allow room for couples to "form their consciences in [the] light [of Humanae Vitae]" but were forced by the Vatican to "clarify" that Catholics must follow the pope's teaching to the letter.

Jon O'Brien: My Catholic Conscience: Doing The Right Thing For Women Jon O'Brien 2011

A December statement by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — which Musivi on Thursday called an "authoritative explanation" — insisted that the pope's words did not mark a change in Catholic moral teaching or "pastoral practice" against the use of condoms for AIDS prevention or contraception.

Vatican to update bio-ethics guide for Catholic hospitals 2011

Bishops' conferences in Europe and North America tried initially to allow room for couples to "form their consciences in [the] light [of Humanae Vitae]" but were forced by the Vatican to "clarify" that Catholics must follow the pope's teaching to the letter.

Jon O'Brien: My Catholic Conscience: Doing The Right Thing For Women Jon O'Brien 2011