Read more sermon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26987/sermon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64630/reformers-teargassed-as-irans-top-cleric-demands-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former Iranian president and most powerful supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, addressed thousands of young reformists in green today in a highly anticipated sermon that may trigger further protests. The visibly upset cleric demanded that all political prisoners be freed and lamented that "we had the...http://www.newser.com/story/64630/reformers-teargassed-as-irans-top-cleric-demands-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 7:43:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46276/pope-calls-for-peace-in-christmas-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI passionately called for peace in the Holy Land during his annual Christmas message, delivered from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. “The horizon seems once again bleak for Israelis and Palestinians,” he said, praying for hope against war, terrorism, and injustice. He also appealed for an end...http://www.newser.com/story/46276/pope-calls-for-peace-in-christmas-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Dec 2008 10:53:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/25749/plagiarist-priests-may-face-jail-time-in-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Polish priests don’t stop their plagiarizing ways, they could be slapped with a fine or even thrown in jail for 3 years, church authorities warn. Uninspired priests have been swiping their homilies off the Internet, and “unfortunately the practice has become more usual than not,” said Father Wieslaw Przyczyna,...http://www.newser.com/story/25749/plagiarist-priests-may-face-jail-time-in-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Apr 2008 17:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22303/obama-speech-injects-race-into-easter-sermons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama altered the agenda for many Easter sermons with his risky speech last week on racial acrimony, the New York Times reports. Ministers of a variety of faiths say they will use Obama’s words—framed to explain the incendiary statements of his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright—when...http://www.newser.com/story/22303/obama-speech-injects-race-into-easter-sermons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Mar 2008 9:06:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22054/huckabee-lay-off-obama-pastor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama got some unexpected help yesterday from Mike Huckabee, of all people. The former candidate called Obama’s speech “historic” and said it wasn’t fair to hold candidates accountable for everything the people near them say, ABC News reports. Huckabee, once a pastor himself, said he understood how Wright could...http://www.newser.com/story/22054/huckabee-lay-off-obama-pastor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Mar 2008 8:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21627/obama-campaign-drops-rev-wright.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremiah Wright, the militant Chicago minister and spiritual adviser to Barack Obama, is off the senator’s campaign, CNN reports. Wright will no longer sit on the senator’s African-American Religious Leadership Committee, the campaign announced. Obama has often said he rejects the reverend’s more incendiary opinions, especially his comment that the...http://www.newser.com/story/21627/obama-campaign-drops-rev-wright.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Mar 2008 5:25:43 CDT