Yahoo! News: Religion News

Pope available to meet with Fidel Castro in Cuba
Vatican issues ultimatum to traditionalist Catholic group
Ahead of pope trip, Vatican says U.S. Cuba embargo useless
Mexico prepares for pope, millions of visitors
Mexico prepares for pope, millions of visitors
Archbishop of Canterbury to step down
Pope meeting with Fidel Castro is 'possibility': Vatican
Vatican tells breakaway traditionalists their efforts still inadequate to rejoin church fold
Vatican to breakaway traditionalists: Not enough
Archbishop who faced an impossible task
Rowan Williams to stand down as archbishop of Canterbury, leader of world's Anglicans
Lambeth Palace says the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is to resign
Cuban police remove dissidents from Havana church
Church spokesman: Cuban police remove dissidents from Roman Catholic church in Havana
Catholic Church spokesman says Cuban police have removed 13 dissidents from church in Havana

Pope available to meet with Fidel Castro in Cuba

Posted:

The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will be available should Fidel Castro ask to meet with the pontiff when he visits Cuba later this month.

Vatican issues ultimatum to traditionalist Catholic group

Posted:

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday told an ultra-traditionalist Roman Catholic splinter group they must accept non-negotiable doctrinal principles within a month or risk a painful break with Rome that would have "incalculable" consequences. The ultimatum was issued after a two-hour meeting between Swiss-born Bishop Bernard Fellay, leader of the dissident Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) and U.S. Cardinal William Levada, head of the Vatican's doctrinal department. ...

Ahead of pope trip, Vatican says U.S. Cuba embargo useless

Posted:

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday condemned the U.S. embargo against Cuba ahead of Pope Benedict's trip there next week and said the pontiff was willing to meet Fidel Castro. "The Holy See believes that the embargo is something that makes the people suffer the consequences. It does not achieve the aim of the greater good," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said. "The Holy See does not believe it is a positive or useful measure," he said in response to a question at a briefing about Benedict's trip to Mexico and Cuba from March 23-28. ...

Mexico prepares for pope, millions of visitors

Posted:

One hundred fifty-thousand communion wafers? Check.Campsites for 350,000? Check.Three hand-embroidered papal souvenir sombreros? Check.Official song? Check.It takes a lot to prepare for the coming of the ...

Mexico prepares for pope, millions of visitors

Posted:

One hundred fifty-thousand communion wafers? Check.

Archbishop of Canterbury to step down

Posted:

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, said on Friday he will resign at the end of the year after a decade of turmoil over female and gay bishops.

Pope meeting with Fidel Castro is 'possibility': Vatican

Posted:

Pope Benedict XVI is "available" to meet Fidel Castro during his trip to Cuba this month but will not hold talks with dissidents who occupied a Catholic church this week, the Vatican said Friday.

Vatican tells breakaway traditionalists their efforts still inadequate to rejoin church fold

Posted:

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has told the head of a breakaway group of traditionalists that they have so far failed to overcome doctrinal differences blocking their return to the Catholic church fold.

Vatican to breakaway traditionalists: Not enough

Posted:

The Vatican has told the head of a breakaway group of traditionalists that they have so far failed to overcome doctrinal differences blocking their return to the Catholic church fold.

Archbishop who faced an impossible task

Posted:

LONDON (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, well-liked within the Anglican Communion but often an irritant to the British government, has struggled with the two issues that have dominated the religious agenda: gay bishops and same-sex unions. After announcing his resignation from a turbulent church, he will probably return to the gentler world of academia a worn man after a decade of wrestling with the near-impossible task of reconciling traditionalists and liberals within the 80-million strong Anglican Communion. ...

Rowan Williams to stand down as archbishop of Canterbury, leader of world's Anglicans

Posted:

LONDON - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, he announced Friday, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion sharply divided on issues of sexuality and gender.

Lambeth Palace says the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is to resign

Posted:

Lambeth Palace says the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is to resign

Cuban police remove dissidents from Havana church

Posted:

Cuban police evicted 13 dissidents from a church they had been occupying for two days demanding that Pope Benedict XVI air a list of grievances during his upcoming trip to the island, a Roman Catholic Church spokesman said.