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The archbishop and the historian have the elusory character of Christianity on their minds in their new booksWhat is it like to be a Christian? Not what do Christians believe or how many superstitions do they quietly excuse before breakfast? But what is faith as experienced?It...(more)
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Six years after recovering from bladder cancer, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has been diagnosed with cancer again, according to a statement released by the Chicago Archdiocese.
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When a child is seriously ill or injured, parents understandably move heaven and earth to save them. However, a new study has found that sometimes deeply religious families test the limits of medical science by asking doctors to go to extremes to prolong life.
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The first societies were organised around religious ideas, but religion is more than just an adaptation to 'groupishness'"The journal of some bunch of architectsNamed this the worst town centre it could findBut why disparage what so well reflectsPermanent tendencies of heart and Mind?"That epigram of Kingsley...(more)
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But the organization will reconsider, its president says, if 'forced to compromise the integrity of its mission.'ST. LOUIS — An American nuns group rebuked by the Vatican said Friday it would hold talks with the bishops appointed to overhaul the organization but would not "compromise its...(more)
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Most religious institutions are better at collecting money than they used to be, by accepting donations via credit card or electronically pulling money from people’s bank accounts.
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US nuns who have come under fire from the Vatican say they will hold further talks with church leaders, but will not "compromise their mission".
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Churches are trying to stay true to their own convictions while finding a place in this radically reconfigured cultural landscapePublic reactions to the churches' views on gay marriage currently range from weary indifference to head-scratching bewilderment to angry consternation and all the way to incandescent outrage....(more)
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Pope's appointee Philip Tartaglia suggested the death of Labour's David Cairns was connected to his sexualityA conservative Catholic just appointed as archbishop of Glasgow has been condemned for appearing to link the death of a Labour MP last year with his homosexuality.Philip Tartaglia, whose appointment as...(more)
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Roman Catholic monsignor charged with covering up sex abuse claims against priests gets three to six years in prison.
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Middlesbrough diocese goes to court to argue main liability should fall on order that ran Yorkshire care home and schoolMore than 170 victims of alleged physical and sexual abuse who attended a Yorkshire children's home are awaiting the outcome of a dispute between Catholic organisations about...(more)
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The official Catholic stance against same-sex marriages is morally abhorrentThere may be more traumatic experiences in life than discovering that you are gay while growing up Catholic in the west of Scotland. Perhaps a young vegetarian in Texas would sympathise… or a lap dancer in Tehran.After...(more)
