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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Church of England ends ban on gay bishops

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST

Bishop of Norwich Graham James makes a statement after the vote for women bishops failed during the Synod at Church House in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England has lifted a ban on gay male clergy who live with their partners from becoming bishops on condition they pledge to stay celibate, threatening to reignite an issue that splits the 80-million-strong global Anglican community. The issue of homosexuality has driven a rift between Western and African Anglicans since a Canadian diocese approved blessings for same-sex couples in 2002 and U.S. Anglicans in the Episcopal Church appointed an openly gay man as a bishop in 2003. ...

Catholic Church closes London's gay-friendly "Soho Masses"

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:36 PM PST

Archbishop Nichols acknowledges the public at Westminster Cathedral in London(Reuters) - The Catholic Church will stop gay-friendly Masses in the central London church that has held them for the past six years, London's archbishop said on Wednesday. The 18th-century church in Soho, the heart of London's gay scene, has been hosting the twice-monthly Masses with the support of the local Church hierarchy, but Archbishop Vincent Nichols said in a statement that gay Catholics should attend Mass in their local parishes rather going to separate services. ...

Cash only: Tourists at Vatican can't use credit cards due to Bank of Italy rules

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:20 AM PST

VATICAN CITY - It's "cash only" now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city-state.

Iraq's al-Sadr visits church, site of 2010 attack

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:04 AM PST

Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks to the press at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Al-Sadr paid a visit Friday to a Baghdad church that was the scene of a deadly 2010 attack as well as one of the Iraqi capital's main Sunni mosques, an apparent overture to other religious groups as opposition mounts against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq's religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a prominent Sunni mosque as public opposition spread against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

It's 'cash only' now for tourists at the Vatican

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:56 AM PST

People queue to enter the Vatican Museums, at the Vatican Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. It's "cash only" now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city state. The Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported Thursday that Bank of Italy took the action because the Holy See has not yet fully complied with European Union safeguards against money laundering. That means Italian banks are not authorized to operate within the Vatican, which is in the process of improving its mechanisms to combat laundering. The Vatican says it's scrambling to find a non-Italian bank to provide the electronic payment services "quite soon" but declined to discuss Bank of Italy's concerns. The central bank had no immediate comment on the situation. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — It's "cash only" now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city-state.

The Church of England Still Won't Let Its Gay Bishops Have Sex

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:18 AM PST

The Church of England Still Won't Let Its Gay Bishops Have SexOn Friday the Church of England announced that it's decided that to allow gay clergy to be elevated to bishop, even if they are in a civil partnership — provided they aren't actually having sex with anyone. The ruling affirms a 2005 decision that allowed gay civil partners to become lower-ranking clergy, while extending the same rule to bishops.

Sadr visits Baghdad church, site of 2010 attack

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:15 AM PST

Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks to the press at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Al-Sadr paid a visit Friday to a Baghdad church that was the scene of a deadly 2010 attack as well as one of the Iraqi capital's main Sunni mosques, an apparent overture to other religious groups as opposition mounts against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited a Baghdad church that was the scene of a deadly 2010 attack as well as one of the Iraqi capital's main Sunni mosques on Friday, an apparent overture to other religious groups as opposition mounts against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

New law points to Philippine church's waning sway

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:45 PM PST

An anti-abortion sign flashes on an electric signboard outside the Roman Catholic Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in downtown Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III last month signed the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. The law that provides state funding for contraceptives for the poor pitted the dominant Roman Catholic Church in an epic battle against the popular Aquino and his followers. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops' worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses.

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