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Cricket holy war on as Anglicans accept Vatican challenge

YoopyaDecember 23, 2013February 2, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2013February 2, 202407

(Reuters) – Let the holy war begin. The holy war of cricket, that is. The Church of England on Friday formally took up the Vatican’s...

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For birthday, Pope Francis welcomes homeless, canonizes priest, gets honored by gay magazine

YoopyaDecember 20, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 20, 2013December 31, 202302

By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News Pope Francis, the down-home pontiff whose compassionate and pastoral message is resonating around the world, turned 77-years-old on...

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Pope attacks mega-salaries and wealth gap in peace message

YoopyaDecember 13, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 13, 2013February 3, 202405

(Reuters) – Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on...

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Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year

YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 202402

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis has been selected by Time magazine as the Person of the Year. In only his first year, the pope...

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Pope Francis attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets in broad manifesto for papacy

YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 202402

(Reuters) – Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as a new tyranny and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on...

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France reaffirms its limits on Muslim headscarves and full-face veils

YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 202409

(Reuters) – A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for...

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In Israel, an Arab village builds a mosque with Chechen help

YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 202407

In a Holy Land rich with religious sites, the new Abu Ghosh mosque is rare – as is the hilly village from which it rises....

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German bishops push reform to welcome divorced and remarried Catholics

YoopyaNovember 26, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 26, 2013February 3, 202401

Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops plan to push ahead with proposed reforms to reinstate divorced and remarried parishioners despite a warning from the Vatican’s top doctrinal...

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Church of England paves way for women bishops in 2014

YoopyaNovember 22, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 22, 2013January 31, 2024011

(Reuters) – The Church of England’s governing body voted overwhelmingly in favour of female bishops on Wednesday, ending a 20-year impasse that could see women...

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Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope’s Embrace

YoopyaNovember 20, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 20, 2013January 31, 202400

SMYRNA, Ga. — When Pope Francis was elected in March, Bridget Kurt received a small prayer card with his picture at her church and put it up...