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Italy: Court crucifix 'ban' provokes fiery debate
Rome :: Italy | 5 days ago
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A decision by the European Court of Human Rights opposing the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms has provoked a furious response from the Italian government and the Catholic Church. The Italian minister of European affairs, Andrea Ronchi, on...
Tags: Vatican, Italy, World congress, Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio
EU: Court rejects crucifix display in Italian schools
Rome :: Italy | 5 days ago
Credibility The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of an Italian woman who opposed the display of a Catholic crucifix at her children's school. Soile Lautsi, from Abano Terme, a small town outside the northern city of Padua, had lodged a the...
Tags: european courts, Roman Catholic Italy, Vatican, italians schools, schools violate, Italian, courts rules, sparked uproar
Nikola Kaludov Appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to Vatican
Rome :: Italy | 6 days ago
Credibility The newly appointed Bulgarian Ambassador Niloka Kaludov has presented his credentials to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Head of the Roman Catholic Church expressed his satisfaction with the status of the relationship between Bulgaria and the Holy...
Pope offers olive branch after move to 'poach' traditionalist Anglicans
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility Today Pope Benedict XVI moved to reassure Anglicans and Protestants that he remained committed to ecumenical dialogue and “full and visible” Christian Unity. Dr Rowan Williams is due to visit Rome on November 20, and the Vatican said that the Pope would...
Vatican warns parents on Halloween
Vatican City :: Vatican City | 9 days ago
Credibility The Vatican warned Roman Catholics this week of the dangers of Halloween and urged parents and church leaders to direct children to more wholesome pursuits. Italian news agency, reported. ''Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely...
Tags: Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, Halloween, warns parents
Would God regulate?
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
Credibility EDT Last updated on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 1:54PM EDT I n September, the Archbishop of Canterbury told the BBC that “economics is too important to be left to economists.” It turns out that the Church of England thought differently.
Tags: Vatican
Pope in battle for soul of two churches
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 15 days ago
Credibility Pope Benedict opens new front in battle for the soul of two churches The pope's offer to Church of England members to switch to the Vatican was ill thought-out and could signal a struggle for the soul of both churches Pope Benedict XVI has reached out...
Tags: Vatican, Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, England, Anglican Communion, Canterbury, pope
Ghanaian to head top Vatican office
Khartoum :: Sudan | 15 days ago
Credibility The pope appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to head the Vatican's justice and peace office on Saturday, a high-profile post that cements his reputation as a possible future papal candidate. The office is responsible for promoting the church's social...
Tags: Vatican, peace office
Catholic bishops slam corrupt African leaders
Vatican City :: Vatican City | 16 days ago
Credibility Roman Catholic bishops have blasted corruption among politicians in Africa. The region needs "saintly politicians who will clean the continent of corruption," the bishops declared Friday at a meeting about Africa at the Vatican. "Many Catholics in high...
Tags: Africa, Catholic News Service, Catholic Church, african leaders, catholic leaders, Vatican, corrupt african, having fallen, woefully short, saintly politicians
What Does Vatican Plan Mean For Celibate Priests?
Bexley :: OH :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility The Vatican is welcoming Anglicans to return to Catholicism centuries after their ancestors left. The Vatican said it will permit married Anglican priests to become ordained Catholic priests. John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic...
Tags: Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, National Catholic Reporter
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