Topic: The Roman Catholic Church

Lawyers in Oregon case seek to question top Vatican officials about priests, sexual abuseLawyers for a man who wants to hold the Vatican accountable for the priest who molested him in the 1960s want to question top cardinals. The lawyers filed papers ...
Vatican: Burning Quran would be "outrageous and grave gesture" against IslamThe Vatican on Wednesday denounced as "outrageous and grave" plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary. The Vatican office responsible ...
Vatican decries stoning as brutal punishment, hints at help in adultery case of Iranian womanThe Vatican is raising the possibility of a diplomatic effort to try to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery. In its ...
A Vatican official criticised Tuesday Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's reported call for Islam to become the religion of all of Europe, labelling it disrespectful to the Pope and Catholic Italy. "To speak of the European continent converting to Islam makes no sense ...

"Ordain women," London bus ads will urge Pope

LONDON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will be confronted by posters on London's famous red buses during his trip to the British capital next month which will call for the ordination of women priests. Protests are planned throughout his four-day trip to England ...

Pope urges French to welcome all nationalities

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday asked French pilgrims to welcome people of all origins, just days after France repatriated more than 200 Roma and Gypsies in a controversial crackdown. The pope said Sunday's scriptures were "an invitation to know how to accept ...

Vatican details pope's September visit

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled the official programme of Pope Benedict XVI's planned September visit to Britain and sought to clear up the controversy the trip has sparked in some quarters. "I have read and heard the totally unfounded objections," said Vatican ...
A US lawyer who has successfully sued the US Roman Catholic church over the long-running child sex abuse scandal said cases against the Vatican are crumbling and he is throwing in the towel. "You have to have an impossible alignment of planets ...
Plaintiffs ask court to dismiss Ky. case that sought to hold Vatican accountable for sex abuseThree men who sued the Vatican over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Kentucky have asked a court to dismiss their case. Plaintiff's attorney William McMurry ...

Religion news in brief

Religion news in briefPlans for an Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks moved forward as a city panel opened the way for developers to tear down a building that was struck by airplane debris ...
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