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Pope Francis sparks controversy for suggesting atheists can go to heaven
Pope Francis has sparked a religious debate after confirming atheists can indeed go to heaven. Christian teaching generally holds that belief in Jesus, and not good deeds, grants eternal life. According to the Washington Times, the pope, in a morning Mass on Wednesday, suggested that belief and faith were not the biggest factors. The comments were welcomed by Roy Speckhardt, executive ...
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Cardinals add to Dodgers woes
St. Louis Cardinals' Jon Jay, top, collides with Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis while scoring on a double by David Freese during the second inning of their baseball game on Friday, May 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. ...
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In coming out as gay Catholic priest sparks debate about church stance
Standing in front of a stained-glass window on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis earlier this week, the Rev. Gary Meier addressed a congregation of sorts. It had been nearly a year since the Roman Catholic priest had stood before a flock.That was last June, when Meier told his parishioners at Saints Teresa and Bridget Church in north St. Louis that he would take a leave of ...
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Cardinals beat Dodgers 7-0 behind Lance Lynn
Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball over six innings, and David Freese and Allen Craig each homered and drove in three runs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 on Friday night for their third win in a ...
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Evangelist gets rare opportunity to preach Christianity in Vietnam
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ...
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Catholic Charities partners with Wood County Habitat
PARKERSBURG - Catholic Charities West Virginia and partner parishes are working with Wood County Habitat for Humanity on a new home in the Wadesville area. The organization and St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Parkersburg, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Parkersburg, St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna, St. Monica's Catholic Church in Lubeck and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ...
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Francis and Catholic Social Teaching
Debates About Economy, Equality and Poverty Sure to ContinueBy Father John Flynn, LCROME, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - With barely a month as the Church's new leader, Pope Francis has made clear his concern for the poor and his desire for a simpler approach.Questions related to the social teaching of the Church, such as poverty, the distribution of wealth, and the management of financial ...
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Massachusetts Bishop Shaw to undergo treatment for cancer
Share [Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts press release] The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, met with his doctors at the Dana Farber Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in Boston May 24 and learned that the tumor removed from his brain last Friday is indeed cancerous. He will begin both radiation and chemotherapy in the next few weeks. ...
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300 Iranian Refugees Step Forward for Jesus Christ at Leading The Way Revival by Dr. Michael Youssef
Dr. Michael Youssef and his son Jonathan ministered God's love to a church of Iranian refugees on the second day of the Leading The Way Revival in Indonesia in one of the world's largest Muslim nations on Friday, with 300 people reportedly answering a call to commit to Jesus Christ at the ...
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31 New Opus Dei Priests Ordained
Bishop Javier Echevarria Celebrates Ordination Mass in RomeROME, May 09, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On Saturday, 31 new Opus Dei priests were ordained by Bishop Javier Echevarria, head of the Prelature, at the Basilica of San Eugenio in Rome.The newly ordained priests hailed from such countries as United Kingdom, Nigeria, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, Mexico, Japan, El Salvador, the Philippines, ...
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Religious Freedom Is Theme of Vatican-Sponsored Conference
TEDx Welcomes Eclectic Group of Experts in Rome for Interfaith GatheringBy Ann SchneibleROME, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Interfaith dialogue. The relationship between faith and science. The unification of people through beauty itself. These were some of the key themes touched upon in today's Vatican-sponsored TEDx conference.TED is a global non-profit project that works to promote the ...
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Vatican Spokesman Named Communicator of the Year
Father Lombardi Recognized for Being 'at the Service of Information'VATICAN CITY, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A German financial services company has named the director of the Vatican press office as "communicator of the year."Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi was given the honor Thursday at the Vatican by the Allianz Group.The company is present in more than 70 countries and ...
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Jeremy Affeldt Giants Pitcher On Baseball Christianity And The City That Made Him A Better Man
Neighborhood: East Bay When Jeremy Affeldt started playing baseball, he hated San Francisco. As a conservative Christian, he bristled at the city's liberal ways -- especially its embrace of homosexuality. "I didn't leave my hotel room when we came to play the Giants or A's. I didn't want to go out or see anyone," ...
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Victory Christian Center lands sold in court fire sale
Victory Christian Center became involved with Kevyn Frederick in 2008, when he pitched an $18-million land-and-cash deal. The property ended up in foreclosure in 2012. A sale was approved Friday for between $6.6 million and $7.1 ...
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Cardinal Monterisi Francis Is Awakening Fervor
Retired Archpriest of St. Paul Outside the Walls Reflects on New PontificateBy H. Sergio MoraROME, April 24, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Last Sunday Pope Francis took possession of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the third of the four papal basilicas.ZENIT spoke with the former archpriest of the basilica, about its history, the monks there, the tomb of Saint Paul, as well as the ceremony in ...
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Catholic Midwives Win Appeal
Court Says They Shouldn't Have to Participate in Scheduling AbortionsBy StaffLONDON, April 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A court in Scotland has ruled that two Catholic midwives have a right to refuse to help in any way with abortions or scheduling abortions.The Edinburgh court upheld last Wednesday the right to conscientious objection for Mary Doogan and Concepta Wood.They had lost an early case, ...
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US Catholics to Support Churchs Work in Media
Annual Campaign Funding Development of Internet Safety GuideWASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Catholics in the US can support Church communications through contributions the weekend of May 11-12 to the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) annual collection.The second collection, taken up in most parishes in the United States May 11 and 12, supports national and international media ...
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Pope Francis Homily at Ordination Mass
VATICAN CITY, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the translation of the homily given by Pope Francis yesterday at the Ordination to the Priesthood Mass held in St. Peter's Basilica.* * *Beloved brothers and sisters:because these our sons, who are your relatives and friends, are now to be advanced to the Order of priests, consider carefully the nature of the rank in the Church to which they ...
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Pope Francis says atheists who do good are redeemed not just Catholics
During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized the importance of "doing good" as a principle that unites all humanity, and a "culture of encounter" to support ...
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US Christian Kenneth Bae Begins 15-Year Sentence in Special Prison in North Korea
May 24, 2013 7:02 pm As American citizen Kenneth Bae begins serving 15 years of hard labor at a "special prison" in North Korea for alleged hostile acts against the state, two videos related to the tour guide and Christian missionary have emerged that may shed light on Bae's evangelism activities in the oppressive communist ...