2013年10月17日星期四

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Palestinian president Abbas invites pope to Middle East

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Pope Francis (right) talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a private audience at the Vatican, on October 17, 2013Vatican City (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a Vatican audience on Thursday invited Pope Francis to the Middle East, saying he would "walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ".


Brazil mulls Church exception on gay rights

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Evangelical minister and president of the House of Deputies' commission of human rights and minorities, Marco Feliciano, prays during a gathering of the Assembly of God church, in Goiania, Goias State, Brazil, on May 19, 2013Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's congressional commission on human rights and minorities has approved a text that if approved by lawmakers would grant the Church a legal right to reject gay marriage.


Most Norwegian bishops favour religious gay marriages

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:32 AM PDT

A Lutheran Church of Norway, is pictured May 27, 2007 in Strommen near OsloOslo (AFP) - Most of Norway's 12 bishops favour religious same-sex marriage but may settle for a simpler civil ceremony because the issue remains controversial, the Church of Norway which professes the Lutheran Christian faith said Thursday.


Pope holds crisis talks on fate of Germany's 'luxury bishop'

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:31 AM PDT

Pope Francis meets Archbishop Zollitsch, head of the German bishops' conference, during a private audience at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis held crisis talks on Thursday on the fate of Germany's "luxury bishop" who is under intense pressure to resign for spending some 31 million euros ($42 million) on an ultra-luxurious residence. The pope, who has tried to set an example of austerity by renouncing the spacious papal apartments for a small residence in a Vatican guest house, held talks with Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German bishops' conference. ...


Pope hears first-hand about high-spending German

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Dark clouds hang over the residence of Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Bishop of Limburg, in Limburg, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Bishop Tebartz-van Elst, currently at the Vatican to meet pope Francis, is accused of wasting money to refurbish and rebuild the residence for more than 31 million euro ( 42 million dollar). (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who has said he wants a church for the poor, has been briefed about a scandal in Germany involving a bishop's 31 million euro ($42 million) residence and renovation project.


Abbas meets pope, invites him to visit Holy Land

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a private audience in the pontiff library at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday invited Pope Francis to visit the Holy Land, matching an invitation from Israel. The pontiff, who has made many appeals for peace in the Middle East since his election in March, has already told Israel he will visit and is widely expected to make the trip next year. "I invited him to the Holy Land," Abbas said after a 30-minute private audience with the pope in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, their first meeting. ...


Philippine quake damages centuries-old churches

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:00 PM PDT

A religious icon remains encased amid the rubble in Bohol province in central Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, a day after a 7.2-magnitude quake hit Bohol and Cebu provinces. The quake that struck the central Philippines and killed more than a hundred people also dealt a serious blow to the region's historical and religious legacy by heavily damaging a dozen or more churches, some of them hundreds of years old. (AP Photo/ Kiko Rosario)LOON, Philippines (AP) — The earthquake that killed at least 156 people in the central Philippines also took its toll on the region's historical and religious legacy by heavily damaging a dozen or more churches, some centuries old.


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