Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican’s teaching against birth control was difficult as he praised a 1968 Church document that condemned contraception.
In a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the document, Benedict reiterated the Church’s ban against artificial birth control as well as more recent teaching against using artificial procreation methods.
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President Bush Says His Daughter Jenna Bush Wedding is Spectacular
President Bush and his daughter Jenna Bush pose for a photographer Saturday, prior to her wedding to Henry Hager at the Bush family’s Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Jenna Bush exchanges wedding vows with Henry Hager. Rev. Kirbyjohn Caldwell, center, performs the ceremony. Jenna’s twin sister […]
Celebrity 100: World’s Most Powerful Celebrities
It was a year of conquest in Hollywood. The worldwide box office soared to a record $25.8 billion, buoyed by global blockbusters like Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Sony’s Da Vinci Code. Madonna reclaimed her title as the mightiest force in music, thanks to her record-breaking […]
Celebrity 100: Top Ten perennials in Forbes list of actors, athletes and personalities
The stars of Hollywood commandeer the headlines and command the biggest bucks. Some, like Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, are Top Ten perennials in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of actors, athletes and personalities. This year the third Pirates of the Caribbean film […]
World’s Richest People, the fairer sex, billionaires
When it comes to the ranks of the world’s billionaires, the fairer sex is still very much the rarer sex. In 2008, Forbes counted 99 female billionaires, 16 more than last year, but still representing slightly less than 9% of the world’s 1,125 billionaires. Just making it into the […]
World’s Billionaire Women, Marry the Richest Woman
Those honorable traits plus extraordinary wealth make these fascinating women especially worthy of our admiration–and envy. In honor of these women, we selected the dozen we’d most like to be, or at least meet.
Liliane Bettencourt
$22.9 billion
France
Daughter of L’Oreal founder Eugene Schueller, a man who is said to have a […]
Top 10 Tips To Becoming A Supermodel: How To Be A Supermodel
Becoming a supermodel isn’t impossible, though hitting the lottery may be an easier score. Undaunted? These 10 tips will help.
One day, you’re a gangly 14-year-old girl scarfing a Big Mac at McDonald’s. The next, you are the highest-paid model in the world, stalking the […]
Hollywood’s Sexiest Celebrities, Forbes Top 15
Young and pin-thin celebs may line the glossies at the checkout counter, but when it comes to Tinsel Town’s sexiest, neither attribute seems necessary, if even desirable.
If Encino, Calif.-based polling firm E-Poll Market Research is to be believed, the average age of Hollywood’s 15 sexiest celebrities is 36. And unlike […]
Last Week’s Kentucky Derby was marred by tragedy, as runner-up Eight Belles had to be euthanized on the track after breaking both front ankles. She was not the first athlete to be struck down on the playing field. Here are ten other tragic athlete deaths.
1. Bill Masterton, Hockey
Four minutes into a 1968 hockey game between the […]
Kentucky Derby Results: Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby 2008, Filly Eight Belles euthanized after race
Kent Desormeaux rides Big Brown to victory during the 134th Kentucky Derby.
Big Brown is a Big Deal, babe.
The undefeated 3-year-old who came into the 134th Kentucky Derby with just three career races and heard nothing but reasons why he couldn’t win, […]