2012年3月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Catholic college cans Kennedy speech, blames bishop

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BOSTON (Reuters) - A small Massachusetts Roman Catholic college rescinded its invitation to Vicki Kennedy to speak at its graduation ceremony this spring, saying the local bishop objected to honoring the widow of the liberal lion Senator Edward M. Kennedy. A spokesman for Worcester Bishop Robert McManus declined to say why exactly he objected to the choice of Kennedy, a member of the most prominent U.S. Catholic family in politics. "Bishop McManus is acting, he feels, consistently with what all of the U.S. ...

6 Filipino boys in trouble with Catholic school over Facebook kiss photos

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MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine Catholic school is withholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing one another, an education official said Friday.

Was Pope Benedict too soft on Fidel Castro?

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The pontiff spent three days in Cuba and made polite calls for greater freedoms on the communist island. Should he have said more?

Church subsidy reform signals Polish revolution

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Sources say Poland's Catholic Church receives between 300 and 350 million euros a year in state subsidiesA revolution is under way in Poland as the government moves to cut large subsidies for Poland's powerful Catholic Church and give taxpayers more choice in funding it.

AP Enterprise: Church of famed revival struggles

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In this March 25, 2012, photo, Brownsville Assembly senior pastor Rev. Evon Horton preaches to his congregation in Pensacola, Fla. The church that was home to the largest Pentecostal outpouring in U.S. history is on the edge of financial ruin. The revival that drew some 5,500 people nightly at its height saddled the congregation with an $11.5 million debt that members were left to pay off after both the out-of-town throngs and former Rev. John Kilpatrick moved on. The red ink is mostly unknown outside the congregation. (AP Photo/John David Mercer)For years starting in the mid-1990s, millions from around the globe visited a humble church in Florida's Panhandle for lively Pentecostal revival services where believers flocked on stage to be healed by God for cancer, addiction and broken hearts.

Malaysia in religious row over 'threat of Christianity'

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Muslims make up 60% of Malaysia's 28 million people, while Christians account for about 9%Malaysian state religious and education officials have changed the title of a seminar on "the threat of Christianity" following outrage from non-Muslims in the multiethnic country.

Malaysia in religious row over 'threat of Christianity'

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Muslims make up 60% of Malaysia's 28 million people, while Christians account for about 9%Malaysian state religious and education officials have changed the title of a seminar on "the threat of Christianity" following outrage from non-Muslims in the multiethnic country.

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