2012年3月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope available to meet with Fidel Castro in Cuba

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)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

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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

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Pope Benedict XVI waves during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanVATICAN 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

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Mexico prepares for pope, millions of visitorsOne 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

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In this Feb. 29, 2012 photo, people riding on a bus pass a banner of Pope Benedict XVI on the wall of a church in Leon, Mexico. The visit of Pope Benedict XVI, his first to Spanish-speaking Latin America, begins on March 23 in Mexico's central state of Guanajuato, where he will spend three days and give an outdoor Mass before heading to Cuba on March 26. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)One hundred fifty-thousand communion wafers? Check.


Archbishop of Canterbury to step down

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Rowan Williams has been Archbishop of Canterbury since 2002Archbishop 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

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Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Cuba from March 26-28Pope 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Cuban police remove dissidents from Havana church

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Pedestrians walk near the Virgin of Charity of Cobre Catholic church where thirteen Cuban dissidents have holed up to press for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 14, 2012. Benedict's visit is scheduled for March 26-28. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)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.


Church spokesman: Cuban police remove dissidents from Roman Catholic church in Havana

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HAVANA - A Roman Catholic Church spokesman says that Cuban police have removed 13 dissidents from a church they had been occupying for two days.

Catholic Church spokesman says Cuban police have removed 13 dissidents from church in Havana

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Catholic Church spokesman says Cuban police have removed 13 dissidents from church in Havana.

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