Yahoo! News: Religion News

---

• US condemns 'heinous' Egypt church attack
• German 'luxury bishop' says meeting with Pope heartening
• Thousands mourn victims of Egypt church wedding attack
• Egypt's Christians stunned after church shooting
• Pope meets with German 'luxury bishop'
• Official: Israeli PM not meeting pope after all
• 'Bling bishop' called to explain himself to pope

US condemns 'heinous' Egypt church attack Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The United States condemned Monday an attack on a Cairo church in which four Coptic Christians were killed, and backed Egyptian calls for those behind the shootings to be brought to justice.

German 'luxury bishop' says meeting with Pope heartening Posted: 21 Oct 2013 10:12 AM PDT VATICAN CITY/BERLIN (Reuters) - A German bishop under pressure to resign for spending around 31 million euros ($42 million) on a luxurious residence said he had been heartened by a private audience with Pope Francis in Rome on Monday. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg arrived in Rome more than a week ago after cost overruns on his residence stirred anger among German Catholics and protests outside his cathedral, at a time when the pontiff is stressing the importance of humility and serving the poor. ...

Thousands mourn victims of Egypt church wedding attack Posted: 21 Oct 2013 10:07 AM PDT Cairo (AFP) - Thousands turned out Monday for the funeral of four Copts gunned down outside a church, in the first attack on Christians in Cairo since the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president.

Egypt's Christians stunned after church shooting Posted: 21 Oct 2013 09:24 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Christians were stunned Monday by a drive-by shooting in which masked gunmen sprayed a wedding party outside a Cairo church with automatic weapons fire, killing four people, including two young girls, in an attack that raised fears of a nascent insurgency by extremists after the military's ouster of the president and a crackdown on Islamists.

Pope meets with German 'luxury bishop' Posted: 21 Oct 2013 07:28 AM PDT Pope Francis has met with a German bishop whose 31 million-euro ($42 million) building renovation has scandalized Germany. The Vatican gave no details about Monday's meeting with Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van ...

Official: Israeli PM not meeting pope after all Posted: 21 Oct 2013 05:36 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not meet Pope Francis on a trip to Italy this week, backing off from an earlier announcement that a meeting was planned.

'Bling bishop' called to explain himself to pope Posted: 20 Oct 2013 05:25 PM PDT Vatican City (AFP) - A big-spending German Catholic bishop was called before Pope Francis on Monday, as speculation grows over whether he will be forced to resign for his high-roller lifestyle.

You are subscribed to email updates from Religion News Headlines - Yahoo! News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610