2013年7月11日星期四

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Court rejects Obamacare challenge by Christian college

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:35 PM PDT

File photo of an Obamacare pamphlet at a Tea Party rally in LittletonBy Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a Christian university's challenge to President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, which the school said unconstitutionally imposes costly burdens on large employers and infringes religious liberty. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, rejected Liberty University's argument that the law violated the constitution's Commerce Clause by forcing large employers to provide health insurance to full-time workers and violated First Amendment religious protections by subsidizing abortions. ...


Pope lets Catholics join Anglican converts

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:18 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is letting baptized Catholics join the new church structure created to receive Anglican converts.

Northern Ireland braces for Protestant marches

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT

A man adds the finishing touch to a huge bonfire in the New Mossley area on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Hundreds of fires will be set alight at midnight, on July 11, as Protestant loyalist's celebrate July 12, to mark the defeat of the Catholic King James, by the Protestant William of Orange in 1690. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm and police braced for trouble in advance of Friday's Protestant parades and bonfires on "the Twelfth," an annual sectarian holiday that always inflames tensions with the Catholic minority.


Pa. man guilty of killing organist ex in church

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:49 AM PDT

COUDERSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A former elementary school music teacher will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his ex-wife — also a music teacher — while she played the organ during a church service in northern Pennsylvania last year.

Pope criminalizes leaks, sex abuse in first laws

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT

ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHALICE. Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with a chalice made from recycled wood from broken migrant boats, during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday July 8, 2013. Pope Francis traveled Monday to the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa to pray for migrants lost at sea, going to the farthest reaches of Italy to throw a wreath of flowers into the sea and celebrate Mass as yet another boatload of Eritrean migrants came ashore. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State on Thursday, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically listing sexual violence, prostitution and possession of child pornography as crimes against children that can be punished by up to 12 years in prison.


Pope signals concern, oversees bank reform meeting

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates a mass during his visit at Lampedusa IslandBy Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made it clear on Thursday that he would personally oversee reform of the troubled Vatican bank by attending the first meeting of an investigative commission he set up last month to shed light on its murky financial dealings. "Francis wanted to be present to encourage the work of the commission," the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano said, adding that the meeting had taken place a day earlier. ...


Pope Francis targets child abuse, leaks in Vatican legal reform

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:55 AM PDT

Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is silhouetted during sunset in RomeBy Catherine Hornby VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, acting to end years of scandals damaging the Catholic Church, overhauled Vatican law on Thursday to specify sexual violence against children as a crime and impose tough penalties for staff who leak confidential Vatican information. Issuing a "Motu Proprio", a decree of his own initiative, Francis also said he would renew the Holy See's commitment to international conventions against organized crime and terrorism. ...


Pope, UN crack down on church child abuse

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:22 AM PDT

Vatican officials announced Thursday that Pope Francis has bolstered legislation against child abuse within the grounds of the small city-state. At the same time, a United Nations committee has demanded that the church reveal its procedures for dealing with child abuse allegations.RECOMMENDED: How much do you know about the Catholic Church? Take our quiz!

Vatican broadens child abuse crimes in legal reform

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:20 AM PDT

Saint Peter's Basilica is seen reflected during the conclave at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican unveiled changes to its law on Thursday that name the sexual abuse of children as a specific crime and aim to implement international anti-money laundering norms as the city state seeks to end years of scandal. Under the changes, child prostitution, sexual violence and sexual acts with children and child pornography will be included in a broader definition of the category of crimes against minors, the Vatican said in a statement. ...


Egypt: Suspected militants kill Christian

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:24 AM PDT

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Security officials say suspected militants have killed a Christian merchant in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

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