Read more encyclical stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11344/encyclical.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64233/pope-has-best-take-on-financial-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll of Pope Benedict XVI's gaffes and controversies have obscured his principal appeal, writes Brian Griffiths in the Times of London: he's a scholar, with an uncommon command of theology and philosophy. For Griffiths, a vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, the pope's recent encyclical on the economy is "without doubt the...http://www.newser.com/story/64233/pope-has-best-take-on-financial-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:13:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12983/pope-condemns-atheism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict issued a strong condemnation of atheism today and warned that advances in technology must be met with similar advancements in ethics. In his second encyclical, the pope said atheist ideologies have "led to the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice," Reuters reports. "Man needs God," he...http://www.newser.com/story/12983/pope-condemns-atheism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Nov 2007 15:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6829/100-years-of-anti-modernism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Pius X's encyclical "Pascendi Dominici Gregis" turns 100 years old next week. The document decried so-called "modernists" in the Church who looked to new discoveries and theories about human experience and desire to explain religious belief. The ensuing purge of Catholic thinkers did not relent until Paul VI ended...http://www.newser.com/story/6829/100-years-of-anti-modernism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Sep 2007 13:41:16 CDT