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SATURDAY, OCT 31, 2009| 1 comments

Vatican condemns Hallowe'en as anti-Christian

The Holy See has warned that parents should not allow their children to dress up as ghosts and ghouls on Saturday, calling Hallowe'en a pagan celebration of "terror, fear and death".

The Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years by the spread of Hallowe'en traditions from the US to other countries around the world.

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10/31/09 3:45 PM

Jim Lincoln

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Strange, that the Vatican doesn't condemn itself as anti-Christian! Should Roman Catholicism really be classified as a Christian religion? -- No.

Something for the curious, What is the origin of Halloween?

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