Topic: Roman Catholicism

Catholic paper retracts column on devil and gays

CONWAY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The oldest Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States has retracted an opinion column that said the devil may cause homosexual attraction after the essay was condemned by gay rights groups.The 184-year-old weekly newspaper, the Boston Pilot, run ...

Catholic paper retracts column saying devil may control gays

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - The nation's oldest Roman Catholic newspaper retracted an opinion column that said the devil may be behind gay attraction after the essay was condemned as cruel and wrong by gay rights groups.The weekly paper, the Boston Pilot, which ...

Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on ...

Parishioners asked to attend church unarmed

MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- Roman Catholic bishops in Wisconsin are urging their parishioners not to bring weapons to church now that a new law permits state residents to carry concealed firearms."Intuitively, we understand that acts of violence, destruction, and murder are antithetical to the ...

Pope creates three new saints

Pope Benedict XVI created three new saints of the Catholic Church on Sunday in recognition of their missionary and social work with a canonisation mass in St Peter's Square."Christians can show the world God's love by loving their neighbour. Today, the Church ...

European rabbis urge Vatican to fight anti-Semitic rebels

PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis and Holocaust survivors in the United States urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with ultra-traditionalist Catholics until their movement pledged to renounce anti-Semitic members in its ranks.The Conference of European Rabbis said Bishop Richard Williamson, ...

European rabbis urge Vatican to renounce rebels

PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with an ultra-traditionalist Catholic rebel society until the movement pledged to fight what they called anti-Semitism in its ranks.The Conference of European Rabbis said Bishop Richard Williamson -- already ...

Susan Sarandon calls Pope Benedict a Nazi: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress and social activist Susan Sarandon was reported to have called Pope Benedict a Nazi during a public discussion at a U.S. film festival in New York.The movie star, who won an Oscar for her role in the ...

Weary pope uses mobile platform for first time

Pope Benedict XVI made use of the same mobile platform used by his long-ailing predecessor John Paul II for the first time on Sunday, with the Vatican saying it was to "ease his tiredness."The 84-year-old pope used the wheeled platform to make ...

US bishop charged in child-abuse priest case

Prosecutors charged the Roman Catholic bishop of Kansas City, Missouri on Friday of failing to report a priest accused of taking lewd pictures of young children.Bishop Robert Finn, 58, is the most senior Catholic church official in the United States ever to ...