2010年11月12日星期五

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Catholic bishops: More exorcists needed (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 02:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 26, 1999 file picture, Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez of Chile, holds the book 'De Exorcismis et Supplicationibus Quibusdam' (Of Exorcisms and Supplications), the Vatican's new guidelines on exorcism, presented during a news conference at the Vatican. The 1999 guidelines, written in Latin, update the last set written in 1614. After four centuries, The Vatican's guidelines for driving out the devil includes a caveat not to mistake psychiatric illness for diabolic possession. America's Roman Catholic bishops say there's a shortage of exorcists in the country. To fix the problem, they're holding a conference Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 and Saturday in Baltimore on how to perform the rite. (AP Photo/Marco Ravagli)AP - Citing a shortage of priests who can perform the rite, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops are holding a conference on how to conduct exorcisms.

Exorcists wanted: apply to Catholic Church (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Reuters - Wanted: a few good men to cast out devils.

Iraqis injured in church attack airlifted to Rome (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:42 PM PST

AP - Twenty-six Iraqis who were injured in a militant attack on one of Baghdad's main Catholic churches arrived in Rome for treatment Friday, airlifted by the Italian military at the request of the Vatican.

Finnish state church sanctions prayer for gay marriages (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:59 AM PST

Finnish church officials are pictured after voting at the General Synod, the highest administrative body of of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. After years of debate, Finland's state church took a step towards accepting gay relationships with an announcement that it would create a AFP - After years of debate, Finland's state church took a step towards accepting gay relationships with an announcement Friday it would create a "prayer moment" for registered partnerships.

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