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Monday, 06 July 2009 |
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views on the Church that may just be a tad too modern. Except that many don't wear habits any more. They wear regular clothes, even jeans. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Holy Land on Friday, at the beginning of what is undoubtedly the trickiest journey he has made since succeeding John Paul II four years ago. Arab Christians and Muslims, as well as Jews, will be hoping to hear very different messages from the first German-born pontiff during the speeches he is giving and the masses that he is celebrating in Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 |
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The inclusion of Hindu verses for the Good Friday meditations and prayers led by Pope Benedict at the Roman Colosseum has won praise from the Hindu community. Rajan Sed, the well-known Indo-American statesman, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on Monday, applauded Pope for including verse from ancient Hindu scripture. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 |
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Churches which violate the boundaries of Anglican faith and order would be subject to a disciplinary process overseen by the joint standing committee of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council, the third draft of the Anglican Covenant has proposed. Scofflaws could be adjudged to be acting in a manner “incompatible with the Covenant" and subject to possible suspension from participation in international Anglican forums, the documents said. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Sunday, 15 February 2009 |
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Pope Benedict XVI said on Thursday that it was "intolerable" to deny the Holocaust as he confronts controversy over a bishop who claimed Jews were not killed in the Nazi gas chambers. "Any denial or minimisation of this terrible crime is intolerable and altogether unacceptable," the pope told leaders of the Conference of American Jewish Organisations when he also confirmed plans to visit Israel. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Sunday, 15 February 2009 |
Criticism of Pope Benedict from German-speaking Catholics has refused to die down despite his attempts to quieten a row sparked by a British bishop who denies the Holocaust. “No calm after the storm” wrote Catholic weekly Rheinischer Merkur in an editorial on Thursday, referring to the Vatican lifting excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including, Richard Williamson, who denies the extent of the Holocaust and says there were no gas chambers. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Sunday, 15 February 2009 |
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That notion may seem sacrilegious to traditional churchgoers, but dozens of clergy across metro Detroit plan today to celebrate the virtues and ideas of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist whose theory of evolution is being remembered this month on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Their efforts are part of a growing movement to help congregations both believe in God and accept evolution at the same time. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
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One of the most influential figures in the Anglican Communion was yesterday named the fourth new Church in Wales bishop in a year. Gregory Cameron, former chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, was chosen as the Bishop of St Asaph following a secret debate behind the locked doors of the diocese’s cathedral. The bishop-elect, who grew up in Llangybi, near Usk, in Monmouthshire, is deputy secretary general of the 80 million-member Communion. His appointment means two thirds of Wales’ Anglican bishops have now been in place for less than a year. The Rev Canon said that throughout his life he had felt a “vocation from God” to minister in Wales and now he was “coming home”. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
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Taking aim at scholars who doubt St John's Gospel as confirming the "historical reality" of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI has declared that it is unquestionably an "eyewitness account". The Pope said St John's Gospel was "the passionate testimony" of a man who as a young, humble fisherman had been attracted to Jesus, had loved him as a disciple, had shared his experiences at first hand for three years, and had seen Him die on the Cross and then rise again. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
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The Church of England House of Bishops and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales gathered together for a second bi-lateral meeting, this time at Lambeth Palace yesterday. In 2006, they met together in Leeds for study and worship. The meeting was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. The meeting takes the form of a spiritual retreat reflecting on the office and ministry of bishops as Christ's disciples. The day is based on prayer, discussion and a desire for further development of our churches' shared Christian witness. Scripture readings and addresses by the Archbishop and the Cardinal will guide the bishops' reflections. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
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Faith leaders "should shout from the rooftops that AIDS is not a punishment from God but a medical condition which is preventable", the former leader of South Africa's Anglican church, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, has told the World Aids Campaign. Ndungane was speaking in an interview for the Amsterdam- and Cape Town-based World Aids Campaign, founded by UNAIDS, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the marking of 1 December as World AIDS Day. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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Pope Benedict XVI called on the scientific community Friday to find a new consensus for determining when someone's life ends that takes into account technological advances. "Science, in recent years, has made further progress in the determination of the death of a patient," the pope told a delegation of Catholic scientists and doctors. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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Thousands have lost their jobs and had their homes repossessed but an Anglican bishop says the credit crunch is a gift from God. The Bishop of Lewes, Right Reverend Wallace Benn, believes the economic slump is God's way of punishing Britain for being too materialistic. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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A third theologically conservative diocese has broken away from the liberal Episcopal Church in a long-running dispute over the Bible, gay relationships and other issues. The Diocese of Quincy, Ill., took the vote at its annual meeting that ends Saturday. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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A Canadian Anglican bishop signaled Monday he would defy the wishes of the global Anglican church and start drafting a ceremony for blessing homosexual marriages. Bishop Barry Clarke said he would be following through with the wishes of the diocese of Montreal, which he heads, and set up a commission to come up with liturgy for such blessings. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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