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• Polish archbishop stirs anger with child sex abuse comments
• Mormons pushing church stance on homosexuality
• Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Francis
• Vatican cool to German challenge to divorce rule
• Motorist runs into pedestrians near Boise church
• Pope calls special synod on the family
• Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave
• Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control

Polish archbishop stirs anger with child sex abuse comments Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:04 PM PDT By Dagmara Leszkowicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's most senior Catholic cleric said children with divorced parents were sometimes more vulnerable to sexual abuse by priests, remarks that prompted a storm of outrage though the church later said it was a slip of the tongue. The comments from Archbishop Jozef Michalik entrenched the view among some younger Poles that the church is out of touch with modern society and failing to properly confront allegations of sexual abuse by priests. ...

Mormons pushing church stance on homosexuality Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:59 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wendy and Tom Montgomery went door-to-door in their California neighborhood in 2008 campaigning for the passage of an anti-gay marriage proposition. They were among thousands of faithful Mormons following the direction of a church that spent millions on the cause.

Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Francis Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican warned bishops on Tuesday not to reform faster than Pope Francis, after a German diocese said that some divorced and remarried Catholics would now be allowed to receive communion and other sacraments. Vatican spokesman Rev Federico Lombardi, announcing the pope would hold a special synod of bishops in October 2014 to discuss issues facing the family, said local churches that come up with their own reforms in the meantime could create confusion. ...

Vatican cool to German challenge to divorce rule Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:55 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican put a German diocese on notice Tuesday that it disapproves of its challenge to church teaching on whether Catholics who remarry can receive Communion, saying the issue will be discussed by the whole church at a meeting next year of the world's bishops.

Motorist runs into pedestrians near Boise church Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:27 AM PDT BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Family and friends of 68-year-old June Hobson of Boise were visiting outside a church after attending her funeral when a car accelerated into a crowd of people, injuring nine.

Pope calls special synod on the family Posted: 08 Oct 2013 06:26 AM PDT Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis has called an extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops next year to discuss the Church's position with regard to the family, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Tuesday.

Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:27 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh. Shouting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest", the crowd dug out the body and dragged it through the streets of the southern town of Pangrio in a dispute over the location of the grave. "Tensions are still running high, but we are in control of the situation," district police chief Shaukat Ali Khatian said. ...

Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control Posted: 07 Oct 2013 10:51 PM PDT KRET KROT, Vietnam (AP) — A year ago in this poor hill-tribe village, police rounded up members of a small Catholic sect who were accused of trying to create an independent state. The leaders are in jail, followers who escaped have fled into the jungle and officers patrolling the muddy streets warn people to shun that offshoot of the faith.

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