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Pope to visit Malta in April
Valletta, Malta - Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Malta in April to mark the 1950th anniversary of St Paul's shipwreck, the island's Archbishop Paul Cremona announced Saturday. The pope is to attend an open-air mass and meet with young people during th...

[Posted on : 2009-11-14 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Groups protest UN debate on 'defamation' of religion - Summary
New York - More than 100 non-governmental organizations on Thursday protested attempts by some governments to push through a United Nations resolution to protect religion from defamation. Groups that included UN Watch and the Anti-Defamation League w...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Over 100 groups protest UN debate on 'defamation of religion'
New York - More than 100 non-governmental organizations on Thursday protested attempts by some governments to push through a United Nations resolution to save religion from defamation. Those NGOs said such a move, if it leads to a binding UN resoluti...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Spanish church threatens to excommunicate abortion supporters
Madrid - Spain's Catholic Church has stepped up its campaign against the government's plans to liberalize the country's abortion law, press reports said Thursday. Bishops' Conference spokesman Juan Antonio Martinez Camino described abortion as a mor...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope Benedict: Church must seek dialogue with people
Brescia, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday his own Catholic Church should do more to reach out to people in times of great challenges and to provide them with courage and support. While on a pastoral visit to the northern Italian city of Brescia,...

[Posted on : 2009-11-08 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Vatican calls for more access to Cuban mass media
Havana - The Vatican on Saturday called on the government of Cuba to allow the Catholic Church greater access to mass media in the communist country. Our wish is for the Cuban church to have a more normal access to mass communication media, Archbis...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Foundation stone laid for new mosque in Germany's cathedral city
Cologne - The foundation stone was laid in Cologne, Germany Saturday for the cathedral city's first purpose-built mosque, after long-running arguments had delayed its construction. The mosque, which will have a 35-metre-high dome and two minarets mea...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Construction of France's largest mosque set to begin
Paris - The construction of France's largest mosque, with room for some 7,000 visitors, was officially launched Friday when Marseille Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin handed over the construction permit. The mosque will cost 22 million euros (32.6 million do...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Reconstructed hymens are forbidden, Saudi religious scholars say
Riyadh - Saudi religious scholars remain firm in their position that hymen-reconstruction surgery was haram, or religiously forbidden, contradicting Egyptian clerics, the Saudi daily Okaz reported Thursday. It is not permissible to repair a hymen ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Around 5,480 people convert to Islam through mobile hotline
Riyadh - Around 5,480 people converted to Islam in Saudi Arabia through the Bring me to Islam cell phone hotline service, media reports said on Thursday. The service, provided in 12 languages, was launched to raise awareness among foreign communiti...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

 

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