Read more Roman Catholicism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22438/roman-catholicism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:33:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49876/vatican-demands-holocaust-denier-recant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican has demanded that Bishop Richard Williamson, a Holocaust denier who was recently un-excommunicated, recant his views in order to serve in the Catholic Church, the BBC reports. Williamson was excommunicated 20 years ago for a separate transgression. The Church said the pope was unaware of his contrarian stance...http://www.newser.com/story/49876/vatican-demands-holocaust-denier-recant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 9:02:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32889/pope-to-kids-spurn-spiritual-desert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI called on young Christians to revive spirituality by rejecting modern society's greed and materialism, AP reports. At a mass of 350,000 young pilgrims in Sydney, and a global TV audience of millions, the pope called for "a new age in which hope liberates us from the...http://www.newser.com/story/32889/pope-to-kids-spurn-spiritual-desert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jul 2008 9:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30667/divorced-berlusconi-challenges-communion-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from receiving...http://www.newser.com/story/30667/divorced-berlusconi-challenges-communion-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 2:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29469/us-clergy-tell-aussie-critic-to-go-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn orders from the Vatican, a dozen top US bishops have asked their Australian colleague to cancel his American book tour, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Geoffrey Robinson, former auxiliary bishop of Sydney, vows to keep on promoting Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church , which blames clergy...http://www.newser.com/story/29469/us-clergy-tell-aussie-critic-to-go-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Jun 2008 18:52:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25062/25k-teens-rock-at-ny-pope-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 25,000 teens experienced Popemania today at a rocking rally in Yonkers, NY, the New York Daily News reports. After Kelly Clarkson belted out tunes, Benedict XVI emerged from a seminary meeting with disabled kids to receive gifts of bread and bless the crowd. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing," said...http://www.newser.com/story/25062/25k-teens-rock-at-ny-pope-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Apr 2008 18:01:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25032/pope-prays-for-healing-after-abuse-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI spent the third anniversary of his election to the papacy trying to comfort clergy still weathering the fallout from the priest sex abuse scandal, the AP reports. “I simply wish to assure you of my spiritual closeness,” Benedict said. The pontiff, addressing 3,000 people at New...http://www.newser.com/story/25032/pope-prays-for-healing-after-abuse-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Apr 2008 11:37:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24892/abuse-victims-find-some-peace-with-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictims of sexual abuse yesterday exited a long-sought meeting with Pope Benedict XVI moved by his compassion and inspired by hope. "He apologized," one of them told CNN after the talk in a Washington chapel. "He seemed to intrinsically understand what we were talking about." Benedict listened to personal accounts...http://www.newser.com/story/24892/abuse-victims-find-some-peace-with-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Apr 2008 3:46:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24758/pope-to-church-pedophilia-was-badly-handled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI had strong words for America's Roman Catholic bishops today, asserting that the clerical sexual molestation scandal had been "very badly handled" in many cases, the AP reports. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust, to foster...http://www.newser.com/story/24758/pope-to-church-pedophilia-was-badly-handled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Apr 2008 19:53:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24408/dominos-founder-grows-his-catholic-friendly-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost a year after opening, Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s made-to-order Catholic town is growing. Although the 1,000 residents of Ave Maria, Fla., are not exclusively Catholic, the town wears it identity on its sleeve: The only coffee shop plays Mass on TV 24/7, and the bookstores prominently display Vatican,...http://www.newser.com/story/24408/dominos-founder-grows-his-catholic-friendly-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Apr 2008 13:55:52 CDT