Read more bishop stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20197/bishop.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:31:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64429/episcopal-church-lifts-ban-on-gay-bishops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, risking further fissures with conservative parishes and the Anglican Communion. The new policy reverses a 2006 compromise that prohibited the consecration of homosexual clergy, in line with other Anglican churches. Episcopalians will vote...http://www.newser.com/story/64429/episcopal-church-lifts-ban-on-gay-bishops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 5:54:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59239/anti-abortion-extremists-got-nothing-on-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRandall Terry and other “Catholic extremists” will lead protests against President Obama’s speech at Notre Dame today—but their anti-abortion zealotry will only continue to hurt their cause, writes Frances Kissling in Salon. “The idea that anything goes in fighting abortion died” in the ‘90s when providers were shot, but...http://www.newser.com/story/59239/anti-abortion-extremists-got-nothing-on-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 11:34:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59222/bishops-scorn-obama-but-pope-is-a-fan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile conservative Catholics rage over President Obama's upcoming commencement speech at Notre Dame, one man has remained silent: the Holy Father. Indeed, American Catholic leaders and the Pope have staked out dramatically different positions from the Obama administration's, Amy Sullivan observes in Time . Yet the Vatican’s response to the pro-choice...http://www.newser.com/story/59222/bishops-scorn-obama-but-pope-is-a-fan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 15:50:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56995/third-woman-paraguay-prez-fathered-my-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday, the same...http://www.newser.com/story/56995/third-woman-paraguay-prez-fathered-my-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 9:14:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56059/paraguays-bishop-turned-prez-admits-fathering-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe president of Paraguay admitted today to fathering a child with a 26-year-old woman while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop, the Daily Telegraph reports. Fernando Lugo, 57, left the church to pursue political office in December 2006; a son was born five months later, according to the paternity...http://www.newser.com/story/56059/paraguays-bishop-turned-prez-admits-fathering-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 13:02:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55329/pope-may-reshape-us-church-as-bishops-age-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith many bishops nearing the age of required retirement, the Vatican has a chance to reinvent the US Catholic Church, moving beyond church sex scandals and adapting to a growing immigrant presence, reports the Los Angeles Times . Almost a third of 265 current US bishops must step down in the...http://www.newser.com/story/55329/pope-may-reshape-us-church-as-bishops-age-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Apr 2009 14:22:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54251/bishop-to-skip-obama-event-over-stem-cells-abortion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Roman Catholic bishop whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame says he will boycott President Obama's May 17 commencement speech at the school because of Obama's support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research. John D'Arcy said today that Obama's recent decision to fund embryonic stem-cell research brought...http://www.newser.com/story/54251/bishop-to-skip-obama-event-over-stem-cells-abortion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 15:46:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51914/holocaust-bishop-apologizes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British bishop apologized today for remarks in which he denied the scale of the Holocaust and asserted that no Jews were gassed in concentration camps. "I can truthfully say that I regret having made such remarks," said Bishop Richard Williamson. He did not, however, say that his comments were...http://www.newser.com/story/51914/holocaust-bishop-apologizes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 15:59:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51723/holocaust-denying-bish-makes-fightin-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHolocaust-denying British bishop Richard Williamson made an angry exit from Argentina today, the BBC reports. The bishop brandished a fist at a reporter and briefly scuffled with him as he passed through the airport. Williamson, who was ordered to leave Argentina when officials there learned of his views, arrived in...http://www.newser.com/story/51723/holocaust-denying-bish-makes-fightin-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 6:55:44 CST