2013年4月30日星期二

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Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 03:05 PM PDT

Brazilian priest Roberto Fransisco Daniel attends mass at a church in BauruBy Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos. In a statement released late on Monday, the priest's diocese said Father Roberto Francisco Daniel, known to local parishioners as Padre Beto, had "in the name of 'freedom of expression' betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church." The priest "injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality. ...

Police: NM man in church stabbing vandalized lodge

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:49 PM PDT

A sign and flowers are left by a parishioner at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Albuquerque Monday, April 29, 2013, a day after a man stabbed several churchgoers Sunday as Mass was ending. Police say four parishioners were injured, including church choir director Adam Alvarez, but none have life-threatening injuries. Lawrence Capener, 24, is charged with three counts with aggravated battery and is being held on $75,000 bail. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man charged with stabbing three people at an Albuquerque Catholic church because he thought a choir leader was a Mason vandalized a Masonic lodge hours before his attack, police said.

Pope accepts invite to Israel, urges peace talks

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Pope Francis greets Israeli President Peres during private meeting at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks and make "courageous decisions" to bring peace after his first meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres on Tuesday and accepted an invitation to visit the Holy Land. The two discussed the civil war in Syria, tensions in Iran and the scourge of anti-Semitism during half an hour of private talks in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. ...

Ohio archbishop offers support over class shooting

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:21 AM PDT

An unidentified woman walks toward La Salle High School, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Cincinnati, where a student pulled out a gun and shot himself in a classroom. La Salle High School west of Cincinnati was locked down until after police arrived and determined there was no threat to other students or staff. A University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokeswoman reported the student's condition as critical Monday afternoon, about six hours after the shooting. (AP Photo/Cincinnati Enquirer/Cara Owsley)CINCINNATI (AP) — The Roman Catholic archbishop of Cincinnati expressed sadness and offered prayers Tuesday for a wounded student, his family and those in the school community in the aftermath of a classroom suicide attempt.

Gay Catholic school teacher in Ohio fights firing

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:24 AM PDT

A gay teacher who said she was fired by an Ohio Catholic school after her mother's published obituary included the name of her partner is fighting to get her job back. Carla Hale said she was told she ...

Pope accepts Peres' invitation to Israel

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Pope Francis greets Israeli President Peres during a private meeting at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East. The pope accepted the invitation "with willingness and joy," a Vatican spokesman said, but there was no indication when a trip would be made. "I am expecting you in Jerusalem, not just me but the whole country of Israel," Peres told the pope in the presence of reporters after 30 minutes of private talks in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict to move back to Vatican on Thursday

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:33 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will move back to the Vatican on Thursday to live out his retirement in a restored convent close to where his successor now leads the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said. Benedict has been living at the papal summer residence south of Rome since February 28 when he became the first pope in modern times to abdicate. He stayed there while work was being done on the convent inside the Vatican where he is expected to live out the rest of his days. ...

Peres invites Pope Francis to Israel

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:26 AM PDT

Pope Francis talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres during a private meeting at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East. "I am expecting you in Jerusalem, not just me but the whole country of Israel," Peres told the pope in the presence of reporters after 30 minutes of private talks in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, made an appeal for peace between Israelis and Palestinians in his Easter address last month. ...

Benedict XVI returns to Vatican Thursday

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:22 AM PDT

FILE - Pope Benedict XVI leaves after greeting the faithful from the balcony window of the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Tuesday April 30, 2013 that retired Pope Benedict XVI is moving into his new retirement home in the Vatican gardens on Thursday. Benedict has been living at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome, ever since he resigned on Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI is coming home.

Should a Sarah Palin adviser speak for America's Catholic bishops?

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Timothy Dolan's three-year term as USCCB president ends in November, but until then, he has Daniels as a new spokeswoman.Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the head of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' conference, just hired conservative activist Kim Daniels as his spokeswoman

US panel: Afghans need more religious freedom

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, an Afghan police man offers evening prayers on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. As the country braces for next year's presidential election and the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops by the end of 2014, the panel urges the U.S. government and its allies to work harder to promote religious rights in the war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Despite significant improvements since the hard-line Taliban ruled Afghanistan, religious freedom remains poor, especially for minorities, and Afghans still can't debate religion or question prevailing Islamic orthodoxies without fear of being punished, a U.S. commission said in a new report on Tuesday.

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