Read more Catholicism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6891/catholicism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74518/vatican-historian-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA researcher at the Vatican archives claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. Author Barbara Frale says computer-enhanced images of faint Greek, Latin, and Aramaic words show the name "Jesus Nazarene" in a writing style typical...http://www.newser.com/story/74518/vatican-historian-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73765/et-phone-rome-vatican-holds-alien-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoes intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe and if so, is it Christian? Those and other weighty questions are up for discussion this week at a Vatican conference on astrobiology. Religious leaders and a range of scientists—including some non-Catholics—have been called in to discuss the possibility of...http://www.newser.com/story/73765/et-phone-rome-vatican-holds-alien-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 2:35:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73221/court-bans-crucifixes-in-italian-classrooms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA European court has ruled that the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms violates religious freedom. In a decision denounced by Italian politicians, the court said the compulsory display of the crucifix prevents parents from raising kids with the religion of their choice and restricts the "right of children to...http://www.newser.com/story/73221/court-bans-crucifixes-in-italian-classrooms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlaces of worship across the country are adjusting holy rituals to head off swine flu, CBS News reports. On the Jewish New Year, one Massachusetts synagogue is skipping handshakes and promoting the use of hand sanitizer—and, in a substantial break from tradition, allowing worshipers to not kiss the Torah....http://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 17:56:42 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/68136/kennedy-to-pope-pray-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the months before he died, Ted Kennedy penned a letter to Pope Benedict beseeching the pontiff's prayers—and enlisted no less a messenger than the leader of the free world to deliver it, reports CNN. “I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me as...http://www.newser.com/story/68136/kennedy-to-pope-pray-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 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/64356/shes-catholic-too-you-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic on the Supreme Court, but that’s getting relatively little attention because of a political double-standard, writes William McGurn of the Wall Street Journal . When Samuel Alito was the nominee du jour, Democrats worried that he’d be the fifth Catholic. But they’re not worried...http://www.newser.com/story/64356/shes-catholic-too-you-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:02:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64233/pope-has-best-take-on-financial-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll of Pope Benedict XVI's gaffes and controversies have obscured his principal appeal, writes Brian Griffiths in the Times of London: he's a scholar, with an uncommon command of theology and philosophy. For Griffiths, a vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, the pope's recent encyclical on the economy is "without doubt the...http://www.newser.com/story/64233/pope-has-best-take-on-financial-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:13:03 CDT