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Catholic Church has evolving answer on reality of Adam and Eve

Aug 31, 2011 13:12

This is a detail of a painting of Adam and Eve by Peter Wenzel that is displayed in the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums....
Document dump doesn’t stop wrangling in abuse case

Aug 31, 2011 13:03

by John L Allen Jr When the Vatican released documents in mid-August related to the case of Fr. Andrew Ronan, a Servite priest...
Italy’s financial crisis turns up heat on the Vatican

Aug 31, 2011 13:00

With Italy facing the prospect of drastic cuts to balance its budget in the years to come, a growing number of ordinary Italians...
NY Times editor’s column on candidates’ religious faith sparks online firestorm

Aug 31, 2011 12:55

A New York Times column by outgoing Executive Editor Bill Keller has unleashed a hailstorm of online criticism among religious...
Vatican pressures theology journal

Aug 31, 2011 12:50

In a move some theologians say undermines the credibility of the leading English-language Catholic theological journal, the...
Archbishop Gomez: new missal is ‘reverent and inspiring’

Aug 31, 2011 12:45

The new translation of the Mass promises to help Catholics “enter more deeply into the mystery of the faith” in a way...
Catholic university opens in Jordan

Aug 31, 2011 12:40

It opens its doors right in the middle of the Arab spring. And this is not a mere coincidence. For the past few weeks at...
Scottish archbishop tells Catholics not to kneel for communion

Aug 31, 2011 12:33

Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow The Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland has told Catholics in his archdiocese not to kneel...
NASA Scientist, Religious Leaders Arrested in Tar Sands Protest

Aug 31, 2011 12:28

Religious leaders protest the pipeline as U.S. Park Police arrest United Church of Christ minister Rev. Mari Castellanos,...
Priest: I’ll go to jail rather than bow to law on revealing confession

Aug 31, 2011 12:06

A Catholic priest has said he would be prepared to go to jail to defend the sanctity of the confessional, despite the Irish...

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