2009年2月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Spain's justice minister resigns amid controversy (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 05:47 PM CST

AP - Spain's justice minister resigned Monday amid an uproar over his contacts with a judge conducting a corruption investigation that has implicated some members of the conservative opposition.

Fla. priest guilty in church embezzlement case (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 03:52 PM CST

Rev. Francis Guinan waits to be called in front of Judge Jeffrey Colbath who set a trial date of Feb. 18, 2009 in the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan.21, 20009. Guinan will go on trial for one charge of grand theft. Guinan and another former St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church pastor, John Skehan allegedly embezzled $8.6 million during their years at the Delray Beach parish. Both priests had pleaded not guilty to grand theft. But on Wednesday, Skehan, 81, changed his plea to guilty.(AP Photo/Gary Coronado,Pool)AP - A jury convicted a Florida priest on Monday of stealing from his church, but the panel found that he embezzled far less than the $488,000 prosecutors charged.


Pope names Dolan archbishop of New York (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:11 PM CST

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee, center, who will replace Cardinal Edward Egan as Archbishop of New York is surrounded by reporters after celebrating vespers at the St. Joseph's Seminary, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 in Yonkers, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Reuters - Pope Benedict Monday named the archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church.


Pope names Timothy Dolan archbishop of New York (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:38 AM CST

Cardinal Edward M. Egan (R) and newly announced incoming New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrate mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Pope Benedict XVI on Monday named Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan to head the key New York archdiocese, replacing the retiring Edward Egan, the Vatican announced Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday named Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan to head the key New York archdiocese, replacing the retiring Edward Egan, the Vatican announced Monday.


NY archbishop preaches orthodoxy with light touch (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 05:37 PM CST

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee, who will replace Cardinal Edward Egan as archbishop of New York speaks to reporters during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The next Roman Catholic archbishop of New York is known as a gentle enforcer of Vatican teaching — a faithful servant of Rome who can disarm his critics with his self-deprecating wit, human touch and love of a good cigar.


Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 01:00 AM CST

Time.com - The Catholic equivalent of a get-out-of-purgatory-free card, indulgences are being used to encourage churchgoers to do more good works
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