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Article: Church continues battle for the family in Spain.(WORLD)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 11, 2008
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A mass rally in support of traditional families that featured a live satellite-television broadcast from Pope Benedict XVI has been harshly criticized by Spain's ruling Socialist Party as promoting undemocratic values.
The Madrid rally--held Dec. 30, the eve of the Feast of the Holy Family--was promoted by Cardinal Antonio Rouca Varela of Madrid and his archdiocese. Kiko Arguello, founder of the church movement Neocatechumenal Way, organized the event with a variety of church movements and communities. Organizers said 1.5 million people attended the rally, but crowd estimates from Spanish media were considerably smaller.
Arguello told Vatican Radio Dec. ...