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- Church must eliminate child sex abuse, promote women: bishop
- In Pakistan, Christian teen accused of blasphemy
- Pakistan: Christian teen accused of blasphemy
- Former Catholic priests back gay marriage in Washington state
- Nobel Peace Prize could go to dissidents, EU, religious leaders
| Church must eliminate child sex abuse, promote women: bishop Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church must strengthen safeguards against any further sexual abuse of children by its clergy and expand the role of women in the Church, a Canadian bishop said on Friday in a speech to hundreds of his peers at a Vatican conference. In his address to the Synod of Bishops, convened to discuss how to battle dwindling numbers of practicing Catholics in the face of growing secularization and dissent against its teachings, Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn called on the Church to "become more authentic in our contemporary world". ... |
| In Pakistan, Christian teen accused of blasphemy Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:57 AM PDT Pakistani police have opened a blasphemy case against a teenage Christian boy accused of sending derogatory text messages about Islam's prophet to neighbors in the southern city of Karachi, an official said Friday. |
| Pakistan: Christian teen accused of blasphemy Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT A Pakistani official says police have opened a blasphemy case against a teenage Christian boy accused of sending derogatory text messages about Islam's prophet to neighbors in the southern city of Karachi. |
| Former Catholic priests back gay marriage in Washington state Posted: 11 Oct 2012 07:55 PM PDT OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A group of former Catholic priests backed gay marriage in Washington state on Thursday in a challenge to bishops who have lobbied against same-sex nuptials ahead of a November ballot measure that could legalize such unions in the state. The 63 former priests said they took their stand to counterbalance efforts of the Roman Catholic Church's leadership to defeat the Washington ballot initiative as a threat to religious liberty. ... |
| Nobel Peace Prize could go to dissidents, EU, religious leaders Posted: 11 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces its 2012 laureate on Friday with prize watchers favoring east European dissidents, the European Union itself or religious leaders working on Muslim-Christian reconciliation. "The long term trend is that the world is indeed getting more peaceful," said Geir Lundestad, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. "Still, every year (picking the winner) is difficult. ... |
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