Popes from Pius XII to John Paul II have reaffirmed that the process of evolution in no way violates the teachings of the church.

In his response to the Catholic lay leaders in San Francisco this morning, the Pope reaffirmed a prohibition against giving communion to those who have divorced and remarried outside the church.

Accordingly, recent Popes have reaffirmed the importance of Latin for the Church and in particular for those undertaking ecclesiastical studies.

The Pope also reaffirmed in the interview, which was published by Parade magazine, the church's recognitiion of the Jews' right to a homeland in Israel.

Though the book is not intended as a moral treatise, the Pope reaffirms his position on issues like sexual permissiveness and abortion.

In the letter, entitled "Dies Domini," the Day of the Lord, the Pope reaffirmed that the church considers it a sin if a Catholic misses Mass.

Later, addressing Catholic college teachers and administrators, the Pope discreetly reaffirmed his requirement that theologians must adhere to church doctrine.

In the mid thirteenth century Pope Innocent IV reaffirmed the right of the diocese of Senj and the island of Krk to retain their traditional usages.

In response to these questions, the Pope reaffirms the discipline as a long-held practice with special importance in the Catholic Church.

The Pope, in his first speech dedicated exclusively to AIDS, also indirectly reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to homosexual activity and the use of condoms.