By John-Henry Westen
VATICAN, January 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following is a LifeSiteNews.com summary of stories from last year relating to Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican. The three most significant/interesting articles on the Pope and the Vatican are listed first followed by a listing of the others.
THE TOP THREE ON THE POPE
Pope: Catholic Church’s “Principal Focus” in Public Arena is Life and Family
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06033008.html
Pope Benedict XVI Calls Abortion “Today’s Gravest Injustice”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06032005.html
Pope: Quest for Justice and Peace Without Respect for Life is “Substitute for Religion”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/nov/06111708.html
TOP THREE ON THE VATICAN
Vatican Cardinal: “We are realizing the worst prophecies of aging and demographic implosion”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06013103.html
Vatican Cardinal Fears Church Will be Brought before International Court for Defense of Life and Family
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/06062801.html
Vatican Secretary of State: Dissident Catholics More Worrying than Atheists
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/dec/06121201.html
OTHER SIGNIFICANT STORIES
Pope Speaks Out Against IVF Stressing Natural Procreation
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/06051701.html
Pope: “Democracy Without Values Easily Turns Into Open Or Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/060131.html
Abortion is a Crime that Must be Punished Says Vatican
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/060606.html
Vatican to UN: Fight Against Death Penalty Needs to be Matched by Fight Against Abortion and Euthanasia
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/sep/06092806.html
Vatican to Catholic Homeschoolers: “I truly admire parents, who take on this great commitment”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/dec/06121301.html
Vatican Refuses to Sign UN Disabilities Rights Treaty over Pro-Abortion Language
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/dec/06121406.html
Pope Condemns “Hedonism” as Inspiration for Abortion
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06020604.html
Pope: “Canada is Today Suffering from the Pervasive Effects of Secularism”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/06052302.html
Pope Discusses “the Plague of Abortion and Demographic Crisis” in Baltic States
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/06062303.html
Pope: A Society with Legal Abortion Cannot Fight Crime Effectively
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/sep/06091801.html
Pope: God’s Love Doesn’t Distinguish Embryo, Toddler, Teen and Elderly
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06022702.html
Pope Says Low Birth Rate Due Mainly to Lack of Love
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/apr/06042801.html