Topic: Austria
Some may sweat in the confessional, but turning it into a sauna? Vienna archdiocese says noSome Catholics may well sweat in the confessional as they admit to things they shouldn't have done. But Vienna's archdiocese is ruling that the box-like structure where ...
6 men on trial in connection with deadly shooting at Sikh temple in AustriaSix men have gone on trial in connection with last year's bloody shooting at a temple in the Austrian capital. A Sikh preacher was killed and more than a ...
Panel set up by Austria's Catholic Church recommends up to euro25,000 ($30,700) for abuse victimsA special panel set up by Austria's Roman Catholic Church says it is recommending payments of up to euro25,000 ($30,700) to those abused by clergy or church officials. ...
Critical Austrian Catholics emboldened by sex abuse scandal in quest of church reformLong a thorn in the Vatican's side, Austrian Catholics have ramped up their quest for a more liberal church in the wake of the global clerical sex abuse scandal. And ...
Six men have been charged in connection with a gun and knife attack at a Sikh temple in Vienna last year in which a visiting guru was shot dead, sparking unrest back in India, prosecutors said Tuesday. A 35-year-old Indian man is ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Catholic Church as a whole must accept its guilt and its collective responsibility for sexual abuse committed by its members, Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said on Wednesday. Schoenborn was addressing 3,000 believers in an emotional and unconventional mass ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Like a fire that can't be stamped out, the issue of priestly celibacy has re-emerged at the center of the debate about how to prevent the child sexual abuse scandals now haunting the Roman Catholic Church. And just as ...
The Vatican on Tuesday defended the response of churches to paedophile priest scandals emerging in various countries, saying Roman Catholic leaders had reacted swiftly and decisively. Spokesman Federico Lombardi also sought to put the issue into perspective, saying the sexual abuse of ...
Old Hebrew Bible, looted by Nazis, is returned to Vienna's Jewish community in NYC ceremonyA 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials turned over the ...
Sikh devotees gathered under tight security near the holy city of Amritsar on Thursday for the funeral of a guru whose murder in Vienna triggered riots in India's Punjab state. Sant Rama Nand, 57, was shot dead in a temple in the ...
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