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# Pope denounces Madrid's liberal sex reforms
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The pope gestures as he talks with Mr Zapatero at the Vatican
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By Robin Gedye, Foreign Affairs Writer 12:03AM BST 22 Jun 2004
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The Pope denounced Spain's new liberal agenda yesterday, demanding that the
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Madrid government respect the religious and cultural traditions of the
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country's Roman Catholic heritage.
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He delivered the dressing-down in an audience at the Vatican with Jose Luis
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Rodriguez Zapatero, the new socialist prime minister.
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Mr Zapatero, who has pledged to legalise same-sex marriages, relax abortion
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laws and institute fast track divorce, was told it was the duty of Spain to
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"conserve moral and cultural values, as well as its Christian roots".
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In their 15-minute private meeting, the Pope also said he hoped that the
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Spanish government would "give due attention to ethical values that are so
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rooted in the religious and cultural tradition of the population".
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The new Spanish leader gave no sign of backing down on his package of radical
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reforms.
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Mr Zapatero, who had travelled to Rome specifically to see the Pope, said
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afterwards the talks had been "cordial" and an "open relationship" would be
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maintained.
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"We are going there with the will to listen but the Vatican must realise there
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is a new government and that this new government has positions," said Miguel
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Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister.
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"Of course, we respect the Catholic Church but we are also very firm on
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questions that the majority of Spaniards want to see changed."
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Vatican sources said the Pope made clear his displeasure with Mr Zapatero's
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intention to turn Spain into the first predominantly Roman Catholic country to
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relax laws on same-sex marriages, divorce and abortion.
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Both Mr Zapatero and Mr Moratinos made clear that they would not follow the
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previous conservative administration's policy on adhering to the Vatican's
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codes on sex and marriage.
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Mr Zapatero's reforms include developing embryonic stem cell research and
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freezing an education bill that favoured Catholic religious teaching in
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schools.
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