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• Pope creates 24 new cardinals amid cheers (AP)
• Pope says condoms sometimes permissible to stop AIDS (Reuters)
• Pope says some condom use 'first step' of morality (AP)
• Facebook-banning NJ pastor acknowledges threesome (AP)
• Jewish group urges pope to ban Holocaust denier (Reuters)
• Pope says condoms acceptable 'in certain cases': book (AFP)
• Pope puts stamp on church future with new cardinals (Reuters)

Pope creates 24 new cardinals amid cheers (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor.

Pope says condoms sometimes permissible to stop AIDS (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:33 PM PST Reuters - Using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of AIDS, Pope Benedict says in a new book, in surprise comments that relax one of the Vatican's most controversial positions.

Pope says some condom use 'first step' of morality (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:33 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door on the previously taboo subject of condoms as a way to fight HIV, saying male prostitutes who use condoms may be beginning to act responsibly. It's a stunning comment for a pontiff who has blamed condoms for making the AIDS crisis worse.

Facebook-banning NJ pastor acknowledges threesome (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 03:51 PM PST AP - A pastor who said Facebook was a "portal to infidelity" and told married church leaders to delete their accounts or resign once testified that he had a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a male church assistant.

Jewish group urges pope to ban Holocaust denier (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 01:52 PM PST Reuters - A Holocaust survivors group urged Pope Benedict on Saturday to ban an arch-traditionalist bishop from the Catholic Church because he hired a lawyer close to neo-Nazi groups to defend him in court in Germany.

Pope says condoms acceptable 'in certain cases': book (AFP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 11:57 AM PST AFP - Pope Benedict XVI says that condom use is acceptable "in certain cases", notably to reduce the risk of HIV infection, in a book due out Tuesday, apparently softening his once hardline stance.

Pope puts stamp on church future with new cardinals (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 03:40 AM PST Reuters - Pope Benedict installed 24 new Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world on Saturday in his latest batch of appointments that could include his successor as leader of the 1.2 billion member church.

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