2013年5月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Some U.S. churches cut ties as Boy Scouts drops ban on gay youth

Posted: 31 May 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Scout statue at the Boy Scouts of America Boy Scouts of America Museum and Family Center in IrvingBy Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Some U.S. religious leaders are cutting ties with the Boy Scouts of America, saying they will no longer permit local troops to meet at their churches in reaction to the group's decision to allow openly gay youth members. The swift withdrawal of support by some conservative churches in states such as Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky comes after the May 23 vote by the group to end the century-old ban, effective January 1. ...

Even in church, Venezuelans face shortages

Posted: 31 May 2013 11:02 AM PDT

In this May 29, 2013 photo, a priest holds up a host as he celebrates Mass at Catholic a church in Caracas, Venezuela. Church officials say food shortages and foreign exchange restrictions are causing a lack of ingredients needed to celebrate Mass: altar wine as well as wheat to produce communion wafers. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) —         When it comes to Venezuela's growing scarcities, not even the Roman Catholic Church has received a dispensation.

Vatican bank chief's priority: clean up reputation

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The rain hasn't stopped Pope Francis. The 76-year-old pontiff, who lost part of a lung during his youth to an infection, got soaked Wednesday as he braved a brief spring shower to kiss babies and greet crowds at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. Zooming around the piazza in his open-air jeep, Francis had no umbrella or cover over him as he made his way through a sea of brightly colored umbrellas, happily stopping to caress and kiss babies handed up to him. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)VATICAN CITY (AP) — The new head of the Vatican bank says his top priority is to clean up the bank's reputation, saying the institution hasn't served the pope well but provides valuable financial services to the Holy See and its clients that should continue.

New Vatican bank head vows zero tolerance with suspect accounts

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:57 AM PDT

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican bank is checking the account of every client including Holy See employees, its new chief said, in a campaign to root out any money-laundering at an institution prone to scandals for decades. Ernst von Freyberg's predecessor was dismissed for poor management, and the Vatican's financial watchdog said last week it was investigating six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money in 2012. ...

Is Indonesia still a model of religious tolerance?

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:17 AM PDT

Despite a rise religiously-motivated violence at home, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed a wealthy crowd at New York's Pierre hotel on Thursday night and accepted an award from an interfaith group for his work promoting religious freedom and human rights.

Israeli police: Jerusalem church vandalized

Posted: 31 May 2013 01:35 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel police say an investigation is underway to find vandals who defaced one of Jerusalem's best known churches.

Indonesian leader gets religious 'statesman' award

Posted: 30 May 2013 05:56 PM PDT

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, center, is presented with a World Statesman Award by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and Appeal of Conscience Foundation President Rabbi Arthur Schneier, right, Thursday, May 30, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)NEW YORK (AP) — Indonesia's president has accepted a statesmanship award from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

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