2011年11月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Boston Catholic holdouts say archdiocese moving in (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 05:36 PM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 photo, Mary Fernandes prays during a worship service at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Scituate, Mass. Parishioners have just begun their eighth year maintaining a round-the-clock vigil to keep the church open.  Until this fall, the archdiocese had paid for the heating at St. Francis X. Cabrini.  Then a utility worker cut the power off, saying the bill hadn’t been paid in months.   The archdiocese called it an error, but vigil leader Jon Rogers says they’re trying to stop the remaining holdouts.  (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)AP - It's the eighth autumn since Roman Catholic parishioners began occupying St. Frances X. Cabrini church around the clock to protest the Boston Archdiocese's 2004 decision to close it. But this season could have passed without heat to kill the chill.


Vatican protests Benetton ad showing pope kissing imam (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - The Vatican on Wednesday protested to Italian clothing firm Benetton over its use of an image of Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the mouth in its latest shock advertising campaign.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 09:59 AM PST

AP - Johnson County settles 10 Commandments suit, will allow church-state separation display

Vandal says 'I killed Jesus' at western Pa. church (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:36 AM PST

AP - Police are looking for a vandal who spray-painted the message "I killed Jesus" on the marquee of a western Pennsylvania church.

Catholic bishops plan expansion of post-abortion counseling (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:44 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. Catholic bishops said on Tuesday they would expand efforts to provide professional and spiritual counseling to women who have had abortions and to their families.
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