http://www.mail.com/subjects/1562-christianity.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/1562-christianity.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. Video supplied to The Associated Press shows Israeli police shoving Arsanious el-Orshalimi and putting him in a headlock. The incident took place during Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this month. The event ... Fri, 17 May 2013 06:48:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html 2013-05-17T06:48:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091936-georgia-governor-engaged-bible-dispute.html ATLANTA (AP) — When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented. An atheist, Buckner believes that no religious literature should be provided in government-owned lodging, and he presented that concern to management at the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:26:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091936-georgia-governor-engaged-bible-dispute.html 2013-05-16T23:26:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090144-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that financial and political leaders reform the global financial system to make it more ethical ... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:23:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090144-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html 2013-05-16T16:23:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088582-apnewsbreak-deal-reached-catholic-lawsuit.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn by a girl who was 2 years old when Kansas City priest Shawn Ratigan took pornographic photos of her has tentatively been settled for $600,000, a Minnesota attorney representing the girl said Wednesday. Gregg Meyers of the St. Paul, Minn., law firm ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:53:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088582-apnewsbreak-deal-reached-catholic-lawsuit.html 2013-05-15T21:53:37Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne ... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:29:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html 2013-05-15T19:29:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in the crowd thrust a white bird cage with two doves inside at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the ca... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html 2013-05-15T12:33:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2083884-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. The Holy See on Tuesday unveiled details of its Venice p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2083884-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084600-jerusalem-family-tattoos-pilgrims-centuries.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Orthodox Christians visiting the Holy Land often return home with more than just spiritual memories. Many drop by a centuries-old tattoo parlor in Jerusalem's Old City, inking themselves with a permanent reminder not only of their pilgrimage but also of devotion to their faith. The same Jerusalem family has been tattooing pilgrims with cr... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084600-jerusalem-family-tattoos-pilgrims-centuries.html 2013-05-14T16:51:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. The Vatican on Monday released statistics on the state of the Catholic ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html 2013-05-13T14:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080408-holy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during Orthodox Easter services. The leaders signed a letter on Sunday expressing concern and saying policemen allegedly used force and prevented clergymen and pilgrims from entering places of worship during Holy Sat... Sun, 12 May 2013 17:47:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080408-holy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated.html 2013-05-12T17:47:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080036-snowe-presses-bipartisanship-book.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, Snowe writes in a new book, she de... Sun, 12 May 2013 15:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080036-snowe-presses-bipartisanship-book.html 2013-05-12T15:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church's highest honor: ANTONIO PEZZULLA AND 812 FELLOW MARTYRS In 1480, some 20,000 Turkish troops overran the citadel of Otranto in what is n... Sun, 12 May 2013 12:58:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html 2013-05-12T12:58:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079072-egypt-christian-teachers-detention-extended.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors extended the detention Saturday of a Coptic Christian teacher held over accusations of blasphemy of Islam and proselytizing Christianity, security officials said. In another southern Egyptian city, security officials said a Coptic man stabbed his wife for converting to Islam and for trying to see their son afterwar... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:13:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079072-egypt-christian-teachers-detention-extended.html 2013-05-11T19:13:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope. A male student who was nude also was charged, but it wasn't immediately clear what he was doing during the Pittsburgh school's spring fin... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:56:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html 2013-05-10T19:56:07Z 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/news/world/2074692-northern-ireland-hopes-to-tear-peace-lines.html DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland hopes to tear down the so-called "peace lines" of Belfast — dozens of walls of brick, steel and barbed wire that divide Irish Catholic and British Protestant neighborhoods — within a decade, officials said Thursday. But in setting a deadline of 2023, it's a sign of how difficult the task will be. The government unveiled the ... Thu, 09 May 2013 20:03:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074692-northern-ireland-hopes-to-tear-peace-lines.html 2013-05-09T20:03:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073864-egypts-pope-1st-visit-to-vatican-40-years.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years. Six priests and bishops accompanied Tawadros on his six-day visit, aimed at congratulating the new Catholic Pope, Francis I. The Coptic Church announced the pope's departure on Thursday. Tawadros is also relative... Thu, 09 May 2013 13:20:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073864-egypts-pope-1st-visit-to-vatican-40-years.html 2013-05-09T13:20:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072328-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds. Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves has not confirmed that he is being asked to step down as leader of the Catholic Church i... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:30:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072328-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html 2013-05-08T23:30:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to. So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her second war tour, she legally changed her name — to Naida Christian Nov... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:47:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html 2013-05-08T21:47:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070882-pope-to-nuns-maids.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids." Francis also warned the sisters against using their vocations for personal ambition, saying priests and sisters who do so "do more harm to the church." Francis has complained frequently about such "careerism" in the church — a buzz... Wed, 08 May 2013 09:53:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070882-pope-to-nuns-maids.html 2013-05-08T09:53:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070776-same-sex-couples-welcome-del-gay-marriage-law.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town. Now they're looking forward to July 1, when Delaware officially becomes the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage after Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law Tuesday... Wed, 08 May 2013 08:59:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070776-same-sex-couples-welcome-del-gay-marriage-law.html 2013-05-08T08:59:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069732-delaware-11th-with-gay-marriage.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law just minutes after its passage by the state Senate on Tuesday. "I do not intend to make any of you wait one moment longer," a smiling Markell told about 200 jubilant supporters who erupted in chee... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069732-delaware-11th-with-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-08T00:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069684-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with international anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing norms. It's the fourth such agreement inked by the Holy See as it seeks to improve its reputation in global financial circles ... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:14:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069684-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html 2013-05-07T21:14:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068238-vatican-denies-internal-split-us-nun-crackdown.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday denied there were any internal divisions over its crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns after a top Vatican official complained that he had been sidelined by the reform project. The head of the Vatican's office for religious orders, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, was quoted over the weekend as saying ... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:21:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068238-vatican-denies-internal-split-us-nun-crackdown.html 2013-05-07T15:21:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067766-pakistans-minorities-faith-democracy.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country's communities of Shiite ... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:47:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067766-pakistans-minorities-faith-democracy.html 2013-05-07T07:47:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065796-tanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast.html ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — A police commander in Tanzania says four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church. Magesa Mulogo said Monday that the four Saudi nationals were among six people arrested. Mulongo said two people died in Sunday's bombing of a newly opened church in the northern city of Arusha. Nearly f... Mon, 06 May 2013 11:44:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065796-tanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast.html 2013-05-06T11:44:49Z