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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Ex-Pope Benedict back at Vatican to live out retirement

Posted: 02 May 2013 09:11 AM PDT

The helicopter carrying Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI flies before landing at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Benedict XVI moved back to the Vatican on Thursday, opening an uncertain era in Catholic Church history where an "emeritus pope" and a ruling pontiff will live as neighbors for the first time. Benedict, the first pope to abdicate in 600 years, will live out his retirement in a restored convent in the Vatican gardens with a view of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and just a short walk from the residence of his successor, Francis. ...


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.


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. ...


Man stabs 4 people at church in Albuquerque

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 03:05 PM PDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say a man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end.
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