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'Another chapter in a long history of struggle between church leaders and church women'The sisters are stunned by the news, sad, weary, worried.
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Patriarch Kirill's warm relationship with Putin and a scandal over a $30,000 watch raise concerns that the church has lost touch with the average Russian.KARABANOVO, Russia — His unruly mane of white hair giving him the look of Moses, Father Georgy Edelstein struggled over the grayish...(more)
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Jeffrey John wants culprit found, saying leaks from Crown Nominations Commission cost him job as bishop of SouthwarkA senior cleric has called on the Church of England to open an investigation to identify the person responsible for leaking information from the committee that will select the...(more)
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In submission to European court of human rights, Lord Carey claims Christians are vilified by state bodiesChristians are being "persecuted" and "driven underground" while the courts fail to protect their religious values, a former archbishop of Canterbury has claimed.Lord Carey said Christians were excluded from many...(more)
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A tired-looking Pope Benedict XVI also prayed for peace around the world and for Christians suffering because of their faithPope Benedict XVI has implored the Syrian regime to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and said he hopes the joy of Easter will comfort Christians...(more)
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Rowan Williams says in Easter sermon that after years of attacks on religion there are 'signs that the climate is shifting'The high tide of "new atheism" may have passed, the archbishop of Canterbury has said in his Easter sermon. Rowan Williams said the atheism v religion...(more)
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Pope Benedict XVI warns that mankind is "groping in darkness" as he leads a weekend of Easter services.
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Pope Benedict XVI, holding a tall, lit, white candle, entered a hushed and darkened St. Peter’s Basilica to begin the Vatican’s Easter vigil service.
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Day of holiday is marked at request of pope, who visited communist country last weekBells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first time in more than half a century.The day off, granted at the request...(more)
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien, head of the Catholic church in Scotland, calls on Christians to do so as a symbol of their beliefsChristians should wear a cross on their clothes every day as "a symbol of their beliefs", according to the head of the Catholic church in...(more)
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As parishes prepare for Easter, what can the organisation do to restore faith in a church losing touch with its people?Last Friday, a bishop wrote something astonishing about his own church. "The Church of England used to be the guardian of the nation's morals, but is...(more)
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Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday delivered a stern pre-Easter homily directed at reform-minded priests who seek the ordination of women and the abolition of priestly celibacy. His denunciation of "disobedience", principally aimed at clerical reformists in Austria and their supporters in Europe and the U.S., struck...(more)
