2009年10月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Sweden's Lutheran church to celebrate gay weddings (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT

Delegates vote in favour of allowing same sex marriages in churches at the annual Church of Sweden meeting in Uppsala, Sweden.(AFP/SCANPIX/Staffan Claesson)AFP - Sweden's Lutheran Church decided Thursday to allow gay marriages in its places of worship, five months after they became legal.


Vatican offer may lure Church of England priests (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, from the Anglican church listens as Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, unseen,  from the Roman Catholic Church speaks during a news conference in London, held in reaction to the announcement of a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009.  Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - On the surface, it looks like a polite tug of war between two of the world's great churches, each saying nice things about the other.


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