Yahoo! News: Religion News

---

• Episcopal Church moves toward blessing gay unions (Reuters)
• Episcopalians: Bishops can bless same-sex unions (AP)
• U.S. court reverses ruling barring Muslim scholar (Reuters)
• Pope breaks wrist, has surgery, leaves smiling (AP)
• Frenchman convicted of killing Jewish man appeals (AP)
• Pope breaks wrist after slipping in bath (Reuters)
• Cleric says Iran in crisis, police fight protesters (Reuters)

Episcopal Church moves toward blessing gay unions (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Episcopal Church gave its clergy the go-ahead on Friday to bless some same-sex unions, such as civil partnerships in states that legally recognize them, setting the stage for further conflict with the wider Anglican world.

Episcopalians: Bishops can bless same-sex unions (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - Episcopalians on Friday authorized bishops to bless same-sex unions and research an official prayer for the ceremonies, capping a meeting that moved the church closer to accepting gay relationships despite turmoil over the issue in the Anglican family.

U.S. court reverses ruling barring Muslim scholar (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court ruling that had upheld the U.S. government's right to bar Swiss Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan from entering the United States.

Pope breaks wrist, has surgery, leaves smiling (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:15 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI waved reassuringly to well-wishers outside a hospital Friday where he underwent surgery to set a fractured right wrist suffered when he fell in his Alpine vacation chalet.

Frenchman convicted of killing Jewish man appeals (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 08:43 AM PDT AP - The lawyer for the convicted killer of a young French Jew says his client is appealing his sentence.

Pope breaks wrist after slipping in bath (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict underwent minor surgery Friday after the 82-year-old Roman Catholic leader slipped in the bath and broke his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy.

Cleric says Iran in crisis, police fight protesters (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - In apparent defiance of Iran's supreme leader, a powerful cleric declared the Islamic Republic in crisis after a disputed election, and tens of thousands of protesters used Friday prayers to stage the biggest show of dissent for weeks.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: Religion News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Inbox too full?
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610