2013年10月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope Francis biography expected next year

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 03:25 PM PDT

Pope Francis smiles as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)NEW YORK (AP) — A leading Roman Catholic commentator and founder of a pro-Catholic media organization has landed a deal to write a "full-scale" biography of Pope Francis.


Quebec seeks curb on religious symbols

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec's proposed "charter of values" in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist Parti Quebecois, to make the provincial government religion-neutral, is trying to ban some symbols of religious faith such as Jewish skullcaps, Sikh turbans, Muslim head scarves and large crucifixes from public work places. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)MONTREAL (AP) — Viewed from the outside, Quebec often seems like a place where all life orbits around the political destiny of a French-speaking province in an English-speaking country. The latest instance centers on religious headwear.


Casual pope puts Vatican on alert with quips

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 06:20 AM PDT

Pope Francis blesses a child during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has grabbed headlines with his off-the-cuff homilies, crowd-pleasing one-liners and lengthy interviews during which he has pontificated on everything from the church's "obsession" with rules to how he won't judge gays. But his chattiness has gotten him into some trouble, and the Vatican has gone into damage-control mode to clarify, correct or put his comments into context. Here's a look at some of Francis' more eyebrow-raising comments, and the efforts by the Vatican's spin doctors to address them.


Onward, Christian soldiers

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:26 PM PDT

Religious conservatives gather for the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to the Majority conference in June.My good friend and fellow Christian conservative Matt Lewis warned Republicans yesterday that they risked losing the next generation of Christians by adopting the political hardball tactics used by the left. Matt referenced an April 2012 column from another friend of mine (and Townhall colleague), John Hawkins, exhorting young conservatives to fight fire with fire by employing Saul Alinsky-like tactics. ...


Law shields churches, leaves pensions unprotected

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Armantina Pelaez, a former crisis counselor at St. Mary's Hospital, in Paterson, N.J., stands in Paterson's Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. In early 2011, St. Mary's Hospital CEO told employees that the retirement plan's trust was severely underfunded, acknowledging the hospital had not put aside any money for their pensions in more than a decade. "I was very angry. I felt betrayed, not only by the health care system, but by the Sisters of Charity and I got betrayed by the church," said Pelaez, about St. Mary's, which quietly converted its federally insured pension plan to an uncovered church plan in 2001. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Working at St. Mary's Hospital was all about making do. When supply shelves emptied, respiratory therapist Lori-Ann Ligon made frantic calls to compatriots at nearby medical centers, arranging meetings on the fly to barter for blood gaskets. For a couple of years, she and other managers were told the endless budget squeeze left no room for raises.


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