Vatican backs off on excommunication

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: May 11, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Pope Benedict XVI caused such a stir with his comments on the excommunication of lawmakers who vote in favor of legalizing abortion that the Vatican released a transcript Thursday changing what he said.

While Benedict met with Brazil's president and thousands of Roman Catholics streamed toward a soccer stadium for an evening youth rally, the Vatican released a new transcript that seemed to roll back the pope's comments from a day earlier.

Asked during an in-flight news conference Wednesday if legislators who legalized abortion in Mexico City rightfully should be ...

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