{"id":298,"date":"2010-11-08T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/pope-visits-spain-obama-diwali-india.html"},"modified":"2010-11-08T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T12:30:00","slug":"pope-visits-spain-obama-diwali-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/pope-visits-spain-obama-diwali-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith on the Move: Pope Benedict Visits Spain, President Obama Celebrates Diwali in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnsblog\/mondays_religion_news_roundup2\/#When:15:17:00Z\">today&#8217;s Religion News Service roundup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In Spain over the weekend, Pope Benedict XVI defended traditional families and the<a href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/dailynews\/rss\/religion\/*http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20101107\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_pope\"> rights of the unborn<\/a>, attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier access to abortions; the pontiff was met by 200 kissing gays and lesbians as he headed to dedicate Barcelona&#8217;s iconic basilica, La Sagrada Familia. Upon his return to Rome, B16 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/Pope+summons+cardinals+over+abuse+Vatican\/3794203\/story.html\">summoned 200 cardinals for an unprecedented summit <\/a>on the clergy sexual abuse scandal on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>and:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Obama and Michelle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desihits.com\/news\/view\/president-obama-dances-on-diwali-20101107\">celebrated Diwali at a Catholic school in India <\/a>yesterday. POTUS also took some tough questions from Indian students, who<a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/obama-in-india-responds-to-question.html\"> asked his opinion about jihad <\/a>and why the U.S. doesn&#8217;t call Pakistan a &#8220;terrorist state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check back this week for more on Obama&#8217;s Asia tour, including his twice-postponed and <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/11\/07\/indonesia.obama.protest\/\">potentially difficult visit to Indonesia<\/a>, the world&#8217;s largest Muslim country and the president&#8217;s former childhood home. For more on the papal visit, here are some&nbsp;more links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20101106\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_pope\/\">Pope blasts Spain&#8217;s &#8220;aggressive&#8221; anti-church ways<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20101107\/lf_afp\/spainvaticanpopereligionbarcelona\">Pope slammed by gays in Barcelona, but cheered by faithful<\/a> (AFP) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2010\/11\/06\/barcelonas-sagrada-familia-finally-becomes-a-church\/\">Barcelona&#8217;s Sagrada Familia finally becomes a church<\/a> (Reuters) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/benedict-xvi-calls-spain-all-of-europe-to-deeper-faith\/\">Benedict XVI calls Spain, all of Europe, to deeper faith<\/a> (Catholic News Agency) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2010\/11\/railing-against-the-pope\/\">Railing against the Pope <\/a>(GetReligion) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From today&#8217;s Religion News Service roundup: In Spain over the weekend, Pope Benedict XVI defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn, attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier access to abortions; the pontiff was met by 200 kissing gays and lesbians as he headed to dedicate Barcelona&#8217;s iconic basilica,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Faith on the Move: Pope Benedict Visits Spain, President Obama Celebrates Diwali in India - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/pope-visits-spain-obama-diwali-india.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith on the Move: Pope Benedict Visits Spain, President Obama Celebrates Diwali in India - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From today&#8217;s Religion News Service roundup: In Spain over the weekend, Pope Benedict XVI defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn, attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier access to abortions; 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