http://www.mail.com/subjects/147238-prayer.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/147238-prayer.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097768-high-court-to-weigh-legislative-prayers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that the upstate New York town of Greece, a Rochester suburb, violated the Constitution by opening nearly every m... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097768-high-court-to-weigh-legislative-prayers.html 2013-05-20T16:00:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such punishment meted out by Pope Francis. Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html 2013-05-15T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076050-israeli-police-guard-women-praying-jewish-site.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Forming human chains and using metal barriers, Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters who tried to prevent a liberal Jewish women's group from praying at a sensitive holy site Friday, the first time police have come down on the side of the women and not the protesters. The reversal followed a court order backing t... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:37:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076050-israeli-police-guard-women-praying-jewish-site.html 2013-05-10T21:37:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076256-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches. Pope Francis welcomed the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, in the first such meeting at the Vatican in 40 years, saying his visit "strengthens... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076256-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html 2013-05-10T12:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063466-egypts-christians-celebrate-coptic-easter.html CAIRO (AP) — Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same cathedral that was the site of sectarian clashes weeks earlier. The Orthodox Easter mass, meant to be a religious celebration that marks the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion, took plac... Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063466-egypts-christians-celebrate-coptic-easter.html 2013-05-05T00:00:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2060396-drought-west-spurs-resurgence-faith.html BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before tossing rose petals into the water. Remnants of a tradition that stretches back to the days of Spanish explorers, the humble offerings are aimed at blessing this year's meager irrigation ... Fri, 03 May 2013 18:32:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2060396-drought-west-spurs-resurgence-faith.html 2013-05-03T18:32:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one. Pope Francis welcomed Benedict outside his new retirement home — a converted monastery on the edge of the Vatic... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html 2013-05-02T19:16:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2047310-israeli-court-detaining-women-holy-site.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has instructed police to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. Members of a liberal women's Jewish group have been trying to break the Orthodox monopoly at the Western Wall in Jerusalem by conducting mixed-gender prayer and wearing religious garb. The West... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:56:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2047310-israeli-court-detaining-women-holy-site.html 2013-04-26T17:56:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid homage at a national war shrine Tuesday morning, risking more anger from neighbors South Korea and China over visits they see as failures to acknowledge Japan's militaristic past. The lawmakers from various parties were seen making offerings to mark the spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:29:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html 2013-04-23T04:29:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035056-boston-faithful-together-prayer-worship.html BOSTON (AP) — Four glowing white pillar candles illuminated photographs of the people killed in bombing-connected violence in the Boston area last week as the city sought comfort in religious services on the first Sunday after the blasts plunged the community into days of chaos. The photographs showing the faces of 8-year-old Martin Richard, 23-year-old L... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:24:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035056-boston-faithful-together-prayer-worship.html 2013-04-21T20:24:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029168-desert-retreat-monks-feel-egypts-turmoil.html ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony's Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition. But even this remote spo... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:49:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029168-desert-retreat-monks-feel-egypts-turmoil.html 2013-04-18T19:49:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015452-bombs-hit-iraq-mosque-prayers-killing-11.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A pair of bombs struck in quick succession outside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 30. The attacks in the town of Kanaan, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) northeast of the capital, are likely to increase fears of further violence ahead of provincial elections in much of the country ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:47:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015452-bombs-hit-iraq-mosque-prayers-killing-11.html 2013-04-12T12:47:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012542-israel-detains-5-women-prayer-western-wall.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. The detentions came just a day after an Israeli organization proposed a compromise to diffuse tensions over the issue of women's worship at the Western Wall. The proposal, which still ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:07:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012542-israel-detains-5-women-prayer-western-wall.html 2013-04-11T13:07:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010216-liberal-jews-victory-proposed-prayer-area.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have proposed establishing a new section at the Western Wall where men and women can pray together, a groundbreaking initiative that would mark a significant victory by liberal streams of Judaism in their long quest for recognition. The proposal is aimed at ending turmoil surrounding the Orthodox establishment's monopo... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:59:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010216-liberal-jews-victory-proposed-prayer-area.html 2013-04-10T19:59:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011238-apnewsbreak-lindh-lawyers-want-prison-contempt.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lawyers for American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh asked a federal judge Wednesday to find the Federal Bureau of Prisons in contempt for not allowing Muslim inmates in a high-security Indiana prison unit to pray together five times a day, as required by their faith. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the eight-page... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:36:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011238-apnewsbreak-lindh-lawyers-want-prison-contempt.html 2013-04-10T18:36:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003346-pastor-overwhelmed-response-to-sons-death.html LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Megachurch pastor and popular Christian author Rick Warren posted a message on Twitter Sunday saying he was "overwhelmed" by the love and support offered after the apparent suicide of the youngest of his three children. "Kay and I are overwhelmed by your love, prayers, and kind words," Warren tweeted to his nearly one million fo... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:46:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003346-pastor-overwhelmed-response-to-sons-death.html 2013-04-08T01:46:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2002578-mormon-conference-woman-leads-prayer.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the first time in the event's 183-year history, a woman led a prayer Saturday at the semiannual gathering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jean A. Stevens led the morning session's closing prayer for the more than 100,000 Mormons gathered in Salt Lake City for the two-day general conference, and the millions mo... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2002578-mormon-conference-woman-leads-prayer.html 2013-04-06T22:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990328-pope-visits-st-peters-tomb-under-vatican.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said. By doing so, Francis became the first pontiff to visit the necropolis, where pagans and early Christians were buried, since extensive archaeological excavations were conducted ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:33:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990328-pope-visits-st-peters-tomb-under-vatican.html 2013-04-01T21:33:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986272-christians-mark-jesus-crucifixion-good-friday.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus. Throngs of pilgrims walked a traditional Good Friday procession that retraces Jesus' steps along the Via Dolorosa, Latin for the "Way of Suffering." They follow... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:42:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986272-christians-mark-jesus-crucifixion-good-friday.html 2013-03-29T13:42:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974968-pope-francis-tells-benedict-were-brothers.html CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning pope telling a retired one, "We are brothers," and insisting that they pray side-by-side during a date to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis traveled Saturday ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:35:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974968-pope-francis-tells-benedict-were-brothers.html 2013-03-23T17:35:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1973098-sufi-followers-kosovo-celebrate-spring.html GJAKOVE, Kosovo (AP) — Spring has arrived and dervishes in Kosovo are celebrating with dances and blood. At a small dome-shaped Tekke (holy place) in western Kosovo, a sheikh stepped down from a thick altar-like matrass to face a circle of faithful dervishes. He grabbed a yatagan — an Ottoman-style sabre — and placed the piercing point on his right cheek.... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:46:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1973098-sufi-followers-kosovo-celebrate-spring.html 2013-03-22T15:46:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1967604-lindh-lawyer-to-push-5-daily-group-prayers.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer who helped American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates win the right to hold daily group prayers in a high-security unit said he'll ask a judge to order that they be allowed to pray together five times a day, as Islam requires. Chris Burke, a Bureau of Federal Prisons spokesman, said that since March 12... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:41:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1967604-lindh-lawyer-to-push-5-daily-group-prayers.html 2013-03-20T18:41:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1951318-govt-appeal-lindh-prison-prayer-ruling.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal prison in Indiana on Wednesday was expected to begin allowing American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates housed in his tightly controlled unit to start holding daily ritual group prayers. The government had until Tuesday to appeal U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson's Jan. 11 ruling allowing the d... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:43:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1951318-govt-appeal-lindh-prison-prayer-ruling.html 2013-03-13T19:43:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947072-schedule-voting-papal-conclave.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The conclave to elect a new pope begins Tuesday at the Vatican. The voting process follows a set ritual every day until the Catholic Church has a new leader. Here is an approximate schedule. Local time listed first. TUESDAY — 10 a.m.-11:45 a.m. (5 a.m.-6:45 a.m. EDT; 0900-1045 GMT): Cardinals attend Mass in St Peter's Basilica, then re... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:15:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947072-schedule-voting-papal-conclave.html 2013-03-12T12:15:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944636-cardinals-mass-seek-prayers-ahead-conclave.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals took a break from maneuvering ahead of this week's papal conclave to fan out across Rome and celebrate Sunday Mass at local parishes. The worship services provided a chance to see the cardinals up close and hear them preach two days before they enter the conclave. Roman Catholics and others packed the churches, holding up cel... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:57:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944636-cardinals-mass-seek-prayers-ahead-conclave.html 2013-03-10T16:57:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921092-pope-live-papacy-dawn-retirement.html "Pope Live" follows the events of the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. It will be updated throughout the day with breaking news and other items of interest. AN ERA HAS ENDED In the final moments of Benedict XVI's papacy, the church bells began ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:51:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921092-pope-live-papacy-dawn-retirement.html 2013-02-28T19:51:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911506-pope-final-sunday-blessing-resigning.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. On Thursday evening, the 85-year-old ... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:44:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911506-pope-final-sunday-blessing-resigning.html 2013-02-24T15:44:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890452-tears-applause-pope-public-mass.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a humble "Grazie" as bishops doffed their mitres and applause echoed through St. Peter's Basilica, a frail Pope Benedict XVI began his long farewell by presiding over Ash Wednesday services in a tearful, final public Mass. "We wouldn't be sincere, Your Holiness, if we didn't tell you that there's a veil of sadness on our hearts th... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890452-tears-applause-pope-public-mass.html 2013-02-13T23:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888276-pope-celebrates-public-mass-pontiff.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Beginning a long farewell to his flock, a weary Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services hours after a bittersweet audience that produced the extraordinary scene of the leader of the world's billion Catholics explaining himself directly to the faithful. The mood inside St. Pet... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:17:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888276-pope-celebrates-public-mass-pontiff.html 2013-02-13T21:17:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854740-scouts-future-uncertain-ban-gays-dropped.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's proposed move away from its no-gays membership policy has outraged some longtime admirers, gratified many critics and raised intriguing questions about the iconic organization's future. Will the Scouts now be split between troops with gay-friendly policies and those that keep the ban? What will a National Jambor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854740-scouts-future-uncertain-ban-gays-dropped.html 2013-01-29T21:06:00Z