2013年5月15日星期三

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Vatican brings Genesis interpretation to Venice Biennale in return to arts patronage tradition

Posted: 15 May 2013 03:22 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.

Religious groups say they were scrutinized by IRS

Posted: 15 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two conservative religious groups say they were also the subject of unusual scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service.

Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope

Posted: 15 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT

In this May 11, 2013 photo, newspaper vendor Nicolas Schandor smiles from his kiosk where he also sells calendars featuring Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has launched a series of guided tours, that include Schandor's news stand, where the former archbishop used to buy the newspaper on the weekends. The three-hour weekend bus trips are a modest, and so far non-commercial first step at papal tourism. The tour bus winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday and can carry about 40 passengers, cruising past 24 sites linked to the new pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.

Buenos Aires launches tours for dedicated fans of the first Argentine pope

Posted: 15 May 2013 11:22 AM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.

Disgraced Cardinal to leave Scotland for penance-Vatican

Posted: 15 May 2013 08:11 AM PDT

SCOTTISH CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK O'BRIEN KISSES THE POPE'S HAND.By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. A brief Vatican statement did not say where O'Brien, once Britain's most senior Catholic cleric, was going, or spell out why he was quitting Scotland. ...

Vatican: Cardinal O'Brien leaves Scotland to pray, atone after admitting to sexual misconduct

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:36 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says the Scottish cardinal who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct will leave Scotland for several months of prayer and atonement.

Pope frees doves from cage in St. Peter's Square

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:32 AM PDT

Pope Francis frees a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove, and with a flick of his hand, sent the bird flying over the square. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis.

Singapore church on trial in pop star scandal

Posted: 15 May 2013 01:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation's funds into "sham" investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday of six church leaders accused of embezzling more than $40 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement's founder.

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