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Division in the Catholic Church
Three weeks of unusually public drama revealed that the Roman Catholic hierarchy is sharply divided between traditionalists and reformers. Pope Francis called the meeting, asking how to reach out to gays and lesbians and to Catholics who divorce and re-marry. Now he alone, can decide what's next.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThree weeks of unusually public drama revealed that the Roman Catholic hierarchy is sharply divided between traditionalists and reformers. Pope Francis called the meeting, asking how to reach out to gays and lesbians and to Catholics who divorce and re-marry. Now he alone, can decide what's next.
Later in the program, science, superstition and GMO's.
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Bacon, sausage and other processed meats cause cancer. Red meat probably does too. That's according to a research division of the World Health Organization in a conclusion announced today after reviewing decades of research. Peter Whoriskey, who reports for the Washington Post , has more.
Read the story7 minPope Francis and the Soul of the Church
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Science and ideology are in conflict in Europe, as many nations have accepted the science of climate change but are rejecting the science of genetically modified organisms, or GMO's. That's lead to a dangerous contradictions in public policy, according to a former anti-GMO activist who's warning against rejecting that technology.
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