2012年3月8日星期四

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Mormon church restricts access to Jewish names

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Helen Radkey, a researcher who has publicized the LDS Church's proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims and Catholic Saints, speaks to a reporter in Salt Lake City, Nov. 3, 2009. Mormon church leaders have put up a virtual firewall in their massive genealogical database to block out anyone who attempts to gain access to already red-flagged names of Holocaust victims. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)Mormon leaders have put up a virtual firewall in their massive genealogical database to block out anyone who attempts to access the names of hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims the church has agreed not to posthumously baptize.

Ohio bishop pressed by Vatican ruling on churches

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St. Peter Church in Cleveland is see Wednesday March 7, 2012. The Vatican has taken the extraordinary step of overruling the closing of 13 U.S. parishes, a lawyer who fought the cutbacks said Wednesday. The move represents a rare instance in which Rome has reversed a U.S. bishop on the shutdown of churches. The Congregation of the Clergy ruled last week that Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Diocese had failed to follow procedure in the closings three years ago, attorney Peter Borre said. St. Peter Church is one of the churches effected by the decision. (AP Photo/Tom Sheeran)Critics of widespread church closings in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese called Thursday for the bishop to implement an extraordinary Vatican ruling and quickly reopen 13 churches in the predominantly Catholic city.

Far more Christian than Muslim migrants worldwide

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PARIS (Reuters)- Christians far outnumber Muslims as migrants around the world, including in the European Union where debates about immigration usually focus on new Muslim arrivals, according to a new study issued on Thursday. Of the world's 214 million people who have moved from their home country to live in another, about 106 million (49 percent) are Christians while around 60 million (27 percent) are Muslims, the study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life said. Only 3. ...

U.S. adds Vatican to money-laundering 'concern' list

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(Blank Headline Received)VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has for the first time appeared on the State Department's list of money-laundering centers but the tiny city-state is not rated as a high-risk country. The 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report was made public on Wednesday and Washington's list of 190 countries classifies them in three categories: of primary concern, of concern and monitored. The Vatican is in the second category, grouped with 67 other nations including Poland, Egypt, Ireland, Hungary and Chile. ...

Cleveland bishop pressed to reopen spared churches

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Critics of widespread church closings in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese called Thursday for the bishop to implement an extraordinary Vatican ruling and quickly reopen 13 churches.

Late pope John Paul II 'could be made saint soon'

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The pope died in 2005 and many want him made a saint as soon as possibleA second miracle attributed to late pope John Paul II has been reported and he could be made a saint soon, said Italy's Panorama weekly on Thursday, citing documents sent to the Vatican.

Catholic clerics urge Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry

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A Roman Catholic preist holds a cup of wafers at Saint Anthony's Church in Jaffna at the weekendA Catholic bishop and 30 priests have written a letter to the United Nations and Sri Lanka's president to call for an inquiry into war crimes, the Catholic news agency Misna reported on Thursday.

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