Religion
- Mostly Muslim Syria marks ‘year of St Paul’
(AFP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:10:20
AFP - Predominantly Muslim Syria has launched a celebration to mark 2,000 years since the birth of Saint Paul, who converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus and helped spread the new religion to the non-Jewish world.
- Pope to meet Sarkozy during France trip in Sept.
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:39:33
AP - Pope Benedict XVI will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and representatives of the country’s Jewish community during a stop in Paris on his September pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes, the Vatican said Friday. - Religion news in brief
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:53:38
AP - As clergy involvement in politics stirs debate, Roman Catholic priests and deacons in the Denver Archdiocese are being instructed not to endorse or donate money to political candidates. - Religion in the news
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:52:59
AP - Plans to translate the Bible into patois Jamaica’s unofficial language have ignited a fiery debate that stretches beyond the shores of this island nation.
- Pope faces lack of faith in Australia: survey
(AFP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:05:50
AFP - Australia is one of the least religious nations in the western world, research showed Friday, as the country prepares to host Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic World Youth Day celebrations this month.
- McCain woos Catholic, Latino voters on Mexican visit
(AFP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:35:44
AFP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, home to Mexico’s most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States.
- Former top Cleveland church accountant convicted
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:19:55
AP - A federal jury on Thursday convicted the former top accountant at the Cleveland Catholic Diocese of tax charges and acquitted him of more serious charges related to alleged kickbacks.
- Pope clears way for Belgian priest to become saint
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:23
AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of a 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii opening the way for him to be declared a saint. - The Battle for Catholic Voters
(Time.com)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:20:00
Time.com - With the economy and Iraq topping voter concerns, abortion has receded into the political background. As a TIME poll shows, that has put the Catholic vote up for grabs
- Religion today
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:20
AP - It’s a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s. - UN appeals court acquits Bosnian Muslim
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:23:46
AP - A U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.
- Today on the presidential campaign trail
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:46:55
AP - Kind of blue Obama hopes to flip Republican red states … McCain to meet Mexican president on Thursday at end of Latin American trip … Obama, McCain competing for the center, an elusive, disengaged yet crucial crowd
- UN appeals court acquits Bosnian Muslim war hero
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:16
AP - A U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.
- Conservative evangelicals discuss backing McCain
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:05:36
AP - Conservative evangelical leaders met privately this week to discuss putting aside their misgivings about John McCain and coalescing around the Republican’s presidential bid while urging him to consider social conservative favorite Mike Huckabee as a running mate.
- Anglicanism faces schism over gay priests, women bishops
(AFP)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:27:05
AFP - A divisive row over homosexuality and women bishops has left the worldwide Anglican Communion facing one of its worst ever crises, to the point where there is talk of an irrevocable schism.
- Va. Catholic bishop sorry after abortion mixup
(AP)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:11:57
AP - Catholic leaders in Richmond are apologizing after a mix up enabled a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in a Catholic charity’s care to get an abortion with help from charity staffers. - Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
(AP)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:19:28
AP - Taking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive reach for voters who usually vote Republican.
- Obama courts evangelicals with stress on faith
(Reuters)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:22
Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama promised a more active approach to
faith-based social programs on Tuesday in a bid to bolster his
support among evangelical and religious voters.
- ‘Vintage’ Pope Benedict XVI, media victim
(AFP)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:55:47
AFP - Pope watchers have been put on notice that the Vatican does not take kindly to facile labels like “retro” or “vintage” when discussing the sartorial choices of Pope Benedict XVI.
- Anglican head warns against conservative challenge
(AP)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:04:23
AP - The spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans raised questions Monday about the legitimacy of plans to create a global network of conservative Anglicans that would challenge his authority and the teachings of liberal North American churches.
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