Read more Catholic Church stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/691/catholic-church.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:44:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74647/zip-it-on-communion-ban-bishop-to-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe bishop who had the nerve to tell a Kennedy not to take communion—because he supports abortion rights—is steamed that he blabbed about it. “I am disappointed that the congressman would make public my pastoral and confidential request,” says Bishop Thomas Tobin of Patrick Kennedy. He also says...http://www.newser.com/story/74647/zip-it-on-communion-ban-bishop-to-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 13:21:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth care reform, the cause of his father's life, has made Rep. Patrick Kennedy persona non grata in his Rhode Island parish—thanks to the furor over publicly funded abortion. As the debate rages, Bishop Thomas Tobin has told the only public servant remaining in America's most famous Catholic family...http://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 8:23:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73861/dc-catholic-church-in-gay-rights-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has told the District of Columbia it will tear up its social service contracts to help the city's needy if it passes a proposed same-sex marriage bill next month. The bill wouldn't require the church to perform or provide space for gay marriages, but would...http://www.newser.com/story/73861/dc-catholic-church-in-gay-rights-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 3:04:55 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/72296/anglican-deal-may-lead-to-married-priests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican's attempts to heal the centuries-old rift with the Anglican Church may have a consequence nobody intended: an end to celibacy for priests. By offering a new Anglican rite under the umbrella of Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI has invited married Anglican clergy into the fold—and cracked open the...http://www.newser.com/story/72296/anglican-deal-may-lead-to-married-priests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 4:55:51 CDThttp://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/70518/vatican-slams-sex-abuse-in-other-religions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican hit out at critics of its handling of the church's sexual abuse crisis yesterday, maintaining that most of its abusive clergymen were gay men and not pedophiles. The Holy See's UN representative cited "available research" that only 5% or less of its clergy were involved in child sex...http://www.newser.com/story/70518/vatican-slams-sex-abuse-in-other-religions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 5:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69015/uruguay-legalizes-gay-adoption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUruguay's senate has approved the first law in Latin America allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, AFP reports. The bill, backed by leftist President Tabare Vazquez, passed despite fierce objections from the Catholic church and right-wing politicians. Uruguay, traditionally much more liberal than other countries in the region,...http://www.newser.com/story/69015/uruguay-legalizes-gay-adoption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 1:48:00 CDT