Read more Roman Catholic Church stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32871/roman-catholic-church.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:45:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72117/catholic-church-welcomes-disgruntled-anglicans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops. The new provision will allow Anglicans to join the Catholic Church while maintaining...http://www.newser.com/story/72117/catholic-church-welcomes-disgruntled-anglicans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 8:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71424/pope-canonizes-father-damien.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFather Damien, the Belgian missionary who ministered to leprosy victims on the Hawaiian island of Molokai before contracting and dying of the disease, was canonized today. The 19th-century priest, the founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and three others were elevated to sainthood in a ceremony that drew...http://www.newser.com/story/71424/pope-canonizes-father-damien.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 14:44:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68881/flu-fearing-churches-ban-peace-handshakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChurches nationwide are bracing for cases of swine flu, with one in Cincinnati banning peace handshakes during Mass, the Enquirer reports. The Catholic church passed out a flier telling parishioners not to shake with their neighbors during the “sign of peace” or clasp hands during the “Our Father” prayer. At...http://www.newser.com/story/68881/flu-fearing-churches-ban-peace-handshakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 14:37:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65788/italy-oks-ru-486-vatican-threatens-excommunications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItaly has legalized the abortion drug RU-486, drawing the ire of the Vatican, which threatened to excommunicate doctors who prescribe the medication and women who take it. A church official said using the pill is "a sin in a moral and juridical sense," but a politician who is also a...http://www.newser.com/story/65788/italy-oks-ru-486-vatican-threatens-excommunications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:37:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64632/vatican-warms-to-wilde.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican long regarded Oscar Wilde as a “dissolute homosexual,” but things have changed, writes Richard Owen in the Times of London. A review in the Vatican newspaper of a study on the Irish writer celebrates him as “one of the personalities of the 19th century who most lucidly analyzed...http://www.newser.com/story/64632/vatican-warms-to-wilde.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 9:38:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62093/kissing-priest-marries-galpal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn scarcely more than a month, Alberto Cutié has gone from celebrity priest to sex scandal poster boy to Episcopalian—now he can add boring old married guy to his resume, reports the AP. The Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid a racy photo scandal married his secret...http://www.newser.com/story/62093/kissing-priest-marries-galpal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 8:34:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61754/father-oprah-fiancee-set-wedding-date.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe onetime Catholic priest whose cavorting with his then-girlfriend led to his departure from the church is headed for the altar—as the groom. The Rev. Alberto Cutié, aka the "kissing priest," and his girlfriend of 2 years plan to wed this month in the Episcopal church, which he joined...http://www.newser.com/story/61754/father-oprah-fiancee-set-wedding-date.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 15:39:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60378/kissing-fla-priest-joins-episcopal-church.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Miami priest who sparked a debate on celibacy earlier this month when he was caught kissing and embracing a woman has left the Roman Catholic church to join the more liberal Episcopalians. The latter doesn’t require chastity for priests, and Alberto Cutié is expected to announce that he’ll marry...http://www.newser.com/story/60378/kissing-fla-priest-joins-episcopal-church.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 15:03:07 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 CDT